11.   Although the new embryo regulations faced impassioned opposition from religious leaders and other campaigners in Britain, the controversy was relatively mild.

12.   Dr. Jerry Hall of George Washington University announced last year that he and fellow researchers removed cells from flawed human embryos and grew those cells into new embryos.

13.   Scientists can conduct research on donated embryos, create new embryos for research and can even make embryos for stem cell research by cloning.

14.   Steve Bracks, premier of Victoria state, said as long as donors agreed, new embryos should also be available for research.

15.   George Washington University researcher Jerry Hall and his team removed cells from abnormal embryos last year and grew them into new embryos and then destroyed them.