George Washington University has decided to destroy all data from controversial research in which human embryos were cloned, National Public Radio reported.
Dr. Jerry Hall announced last year that he and fellow researchers removed cells from flawed human embryos and grew those cells into new embryos.The cloning involved embryos so deformed that they would have died independently had Hall not destroyed them when they contained a mere 32 cells. Still, ethicists immediately decried the experiment for raising the specter of mass-produced people.
University president Stephen Trachtenberg ordered Hall in June to destroy all his data from the cloning experiment, NPR said.
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It was unclear whether the data had been destroyed.