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Research Licence

A research licence authorizes (i) the conduct of one project of embryo research; and (ii) the storage of gametes or embryos used or intended to be used in such research. Under section 2(1) of the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance (Cap. 561), embryo research:

1. means any research involving the creation, use or manipulation of an embryo, whether or not the embryo is to be implanted into the body of a woman;
2. includes a procedure specified by the Secretary for Health in a Gazette notice to be embryo research; but
3. excludes a procedure specified by the Secretary for Health in a Gazette notice not to be embryo research.

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