I. General Considerations – II. Ethics
I. General Considerations
The results of research carried out on animal embryos have greatly changed animal husbandry. Totipotent embryonic cells can be extracted from embryos at a very early stage (2nd–8th cellular stage). These individual cells divide anew to form functional embryos which do not differ from normally developed embryos. Particular significance attaches to the possibility of “cloning” an…