Time limit for human embryo research in vitro in light of Article 18 of the Biomedicine Convention

Abstract

In many jurisdictions of the world, human embryo research in vitro is limited to 14 days (in the Czech Republic, only seven days) of embryonic development, before which the embryo must be destroyed. As a result of advancing scientific developments, however, there is a lively discussion on the possibilities of extending this time.

Keywords

• Medical research
• embryo-destructive research
• embryo
• The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
• health law