September

13-09-2007: Alan Doran appointed interim Chief Executive of HFEA

Alan Doran will be joining the HFEA as interim Chief Executive from 1 October 2007, while Angela McNab is on a six-month secondment  at the Department of Health.

05-09-2007: HFEA statement on its decision regarding hybrid embryos

The decision on how the HFEA should approach the licensing of human - animal hybrids and chimera research has presented a particular challenge as this research is so novel in legal, scientific and ethical terms.