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Spain approves ‘donor embryos’
Spain has given provisional approval to eight applications for a new embryonic procedure to treat children with incurable diseases, the health ministry said tonight.
Under the procedure, parents of children with incurable illnesses conceive new embryos and have a healthy child who would serve as a tissue donor for the sick one.
Such illnesses include some forms of leukaemia and genetic disorders like Fanconi anaemia, a health ministry official said.
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Spain has given provisional approval to eight applications for a new embryonic procedure to treat children with incurable diseases, the health ministry said tonight.
Under the procedure, parents of children with incurable illnesses conceive new embryos and have a healthy child who would serve as a tissue donor for the sick one.
Such illnesses include some forms of leukaemia and genetic disorders like Fanconi anaemia, a health ministry official said.
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