[West Ender]

I think everyone should get out of their minds the thought of human/animal hybrids. What is proposed is not embryo babies with cloven hooves and a tail etc. This is about using cells that are at a pre-embryo stage and will not develop any further.

We have all read stories such as Frankenstein's Monster and they colour the thinking but this is medical research not megelomania. There have been many controversial events in the history of modern medicine which, if left to the will of the people, would probably never have taken place. Who remembers Christiaan Barnard acheiving the world's first heart transplant? He didn't tell anyone he was going to do it, which was just as well because there were many opponents after the event.

I say the research should go ahead and I say this as someone who is opposed to pregnancy termination. These "embryos" will not be human beings or animals, they will simply be collections of cells.