“…In previous Ethics briefings 6 we have reported on the government's repeated attempts to merge or abolish the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). Having decided against their abolition after consultation on the Arms Length Bodies Review, it set up an independent enquiry (the McCracken review) tasked, again, with considering the option of merging the two bodies.…”
Section: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority And Human Tissumentioning
“…In previous Ethics briefings 6 we have reported on the government's repeated attempts to merge or abolish the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). Having decided against their abolition after consultation on the Arms Length Bodies Review, it set up an independent enquiry (the McCracken review) tasked, again, with considering the option of merging the two bodies.…”
Section: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority And Human Tissumentioning
“…In a previous edition of Ethics Briefings , we reported on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's (HFEA) report to the UK Government on mitochondria replacement 15. On 28 June, the Government announced that it had decided to proceed with the drafting of regulations which will allow mitochondria replacement to be used in the clinical practice 16.…”
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