Netherlands gives green light for growing human embryos

Dutch government sanctions 'limited research' to help infertile couples and to tackle hereditary or congenital diseases

The Dutch government has announced it wants to allow growing human embryos "under strict and limited conditions" for scientific research, thereby giving hope to parents struggling to conceive.

The Dutch health minister, Edith Schippers, said she "wants to allow the creation of embryos for scientific research - and under very strict conditions to give people the possibility of (healthy) children".