Call to Prayer over Disturbing New Method of Research: Mixing Humans, Animals, Creating Hybrid Embryos to Destroy

"...creating embryos purely for the purpose of research turns the embryo into nothing more than a research tool, and a source of raw biological material for experiments." –Dr. David King, Human Genetics Alert

News Staff/AH (September 5, 2007)

EDITOR'S NOTE: As the norm, we try to find positive reports and stories to post on Breaking Christian News, however, at times there will be prayer alerts that seem too important NOT to run. The sickening story below is one of those. One can only imagine the depravity that could arise as this research is given license, not to mention the disease and destruction that could be introduced into human genetics—even accidentally. And so we issue a call-to-prayer that this decision would be reversed so hybrid embryos would not be allowed or toyed-with in the UK, or anywhere. –Aimee Herd, BCN.

(United Kingdom)—If it was the premise of a horror movie, I wouldn't go see it. But, as surreal as this might seem, this disturbing method of research has been approved by the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). (Photo: BBC News)

According to an article from This Is London, Labour ministers recently changed their minds about outlawing human hybrid research, giving scientists who are licensed by the HFEA a green light to conduct disease-related experiments with embryos that are part human, part animal.

Those scientists wanting to conduct such research cited a shortage of human eggs used for experimentation, as the reason for the hybrid creations.

Dr Stephen Minger, of King's College, said, "I can understand why people are freaked out by this, but the embryos will never be implanted and the cells won't be used for therapy—this is about studying the development of diseases in a Petri dish."

However, Dr. David King, with Human Genetics Alert (a research watchdog group) noted, "We are not a pro-life group but creating embryos purely for the purpose of research turns the embryo into nothing more than a research tool, and a source of raw biological material for experiments."

Source: ThisisLondon.co.uk