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Reconsidering the 14-day rule in human embryo research: Advice from the Dutch Health Council
Hafez Ismaili M'hamdi1, Guido de Wert1
1Department of Health Ethics and Society, Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Maastricht University, Postbus 616 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands; School for Oncology and Developmental Biology (GROW), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; School for Care and Public Health Research (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Abstract:
The Dutch Health Council has advised to extend the 14-day rule to 28 days and to subsume integrated stem cell-based embryo models under the same legislative regime as natural embryos. Public discussion is necessary due to the ethical issues that may emerge from studying integrated and non-integrated embryo models.

