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Mr. Thurnham
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the centres currently undertaking research under the auspices of the Medical Research Council on human embryos.
Mr. Peter Brooke
I understand that the Medical Research Council is currently supporting three projects involving early human embryos resulting from in vitro fertilisation. Details are as follows:
Direct support at MRC establishments:
- MRC experimental embryology and teratology unit.
- MRC reproductive biology unit.
Indirect support through grants to individual researchers:
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, university of Cambridge.