In the Netherlands, will start to grow human embryos for experiments – BBC News

The government of the Netherlands intend to allow the cultivation of human embryos in the laboratory for research. About this newspaper The Guardian

According to the Health Minister Edith Shippers, it will enable people to have healthy children. “As for the study of infertility, assisted reproduction techniques, hereditary and congenital diseases,” – said in a statement. In addition, experts will be engaged in the problem of infertility after a battle with cancer at an early age.

According to the law of the Netherlands previously allowed to carry out tests only on excess embryos left over after IVF. It is noted that the so-called 14-day rule, according to which is prohibited to grow the embryos in the laboratory for more than two weeks, will continue to be respected.

At the beginning of 2016, British scientists have received permission to use genetic engineering methods to study the early stages of embryo development, aimed at improving fetal survival. A Chinese researchers in 2015 reported the first case in the history of the successful modification of the genetic code of a human embryo, according to RIA Novosti.