MPs vote for hybrid embryos after Brown makes plea to permit 'moral endeavour' | Science | The Guardian

MPs pushed back the boundaries of science last night when they voted to allow the creation of hybrid embryos, which have a combination of human and animal DNA, as well as "saviour siblings" to save sick children. A late plea by Gordon Brown - to allow "an inherently moral endeavour" by scientists seeking cures for diseases - paid off as MPs backed some of the most controversial parts of the government's human fertilisation and embryology bill.

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