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NIH severs ties with researcher who experimented on embryos.

Authors :
Weiss, Rick
Source :
Washington Post News Feed; 01/09/97, Vol. 120 Issue 35, pA6, 1 Black and White Photograph
Publication Year :
1997

Abstract

Reports that the National Institutes of Health severed its relationship with researcher, Mark R. Hughes in October 1996, for using government equipment and personnel to perform genetic experiments on human embryos. Reference to the ban of federal funding on embryo research by Congress in 1995; Comments from Jeffrey M. Trent, the center's scientific director.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01908286
Volume :
120
Issue :
35
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Washington Post News Feed
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
9701315693