1 Mar 2008
THE SINGAPORE BIOETHICS Advisory Committee (BAC) held a Public Consultation on Human-Animal Combinations for Research on Stem Cells on Jan 19 at the Breakthrough Auditorium, at the Matrix in Biopolis. The consultation was led by Professors Lim Pin (Chairman of BAC), Ng Soon Chye (Embryologist), Martin Bobrow (Geneticist), Nuyen (Philosopher), Lee Eng Hin and several BAC board members.
The BAC committee explained to members of the public who attended the session that, after 10 years of stem cell research, their scientists were facing difficulty with cell therapy from the present human embryonic stem cell research. Now, the committee was seeking public feedback on whether human DNA material should be fused with animal ova to create clones of hybrids and cybrids for research to make human body parts for replacement treatment. This may open up more potential for future cell therapy, the committee said.
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