High Court turns down application for judicial review of hybrids licences
09 December 2008
The High Court today turned down an application for a judicial review of the HFEA's decision to grant licences for two hybrids research projects.
An HFEA spokesperson said:
"The HFEA is pleased with the court's decision. We always believed that we acted lawfully and responsibly when considering these research licence applications."
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Notes to editors
- In January 2008, an HFEA licence committee granted licences to Kings College London and Newcastle University to carry out research using human-animal cytoplasmic hybrid embryos.
Read summaries of the research projects. - Read the licence committee minutes for these two research licence applications.
- The licences were granted after a public consultation
Read more about the HFEA’s hybrids consultation. - A further licence to carry out research using cytoplasmic hybrids at Warwick University was granted by a licence committee in June 2008. Read the statement about this decision.
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