Therapeutic R&D (research and development) under UK Commons spotlight:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Therapeutic and fertility research are the subjects of two panel hearings being held by the House of Commons Select Committee for Science and Technology (STC) on November 24 2004, as part of its enquiry into human reproductive technologies and the law. The therapeutic research panel in this tenth oral evidence session will comprise: Professor Roger Pedersen, of the Medical Research Council's (MRC) Centre for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine (Cambridge); Professor Alison Murdoch, consultant gynaecologist and head of the Newcastle Fertility Centre; and Dr Robin Lovell-Badge, head of developmental genetics at the MRC's National Institute for Medical Research.