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registered interest false more like this
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Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading IVF more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Prior of Brampton on 17 October (HL2340) and 5 December (HL3452), whether members of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) expert panel approached John Zhang or were approached by him, and when any such contact was first made; and to what extent, if any, the recent recommendations of the HFEA expert panel were influenced by the John Zhang's unpublished data referred to in the journal <i>Nature</i> on 10 November. more like this
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Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-12-20more like thismore than 2016-12-20
answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has advised that the Expert Panel has met on four occasions over the past four years. On each occasion a formal call for evidence was issued. With regard to the most recent report, the Panel received confidential correspondence on particular issues. Panel members were able to share private correspondence with the Secretariat that supports the Panel, where relevant. Where any evidence has influenced the reports it has been cited.</p><p>The HFEA has also advised that it approached John Zhang, following the publication of the abstract from the October 2016 American Society for Reproductive Medicine meeting, entitled “First live birth using human oocytes reconstituted by spindle nuclear transfer for mitochondrial DNA mutation causing Leigh syndrome”. A copy of the abstract is attached. The Panel also interviewed Prof. Zhang to further understand the methods used. The Panel’s report references the Zhang work.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton more like this
grouped question UIN HL4014 more like this
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label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton more like this
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file name Zhang abstract ASRM Oct 2016 (1).pdf more like this
title ZHANG ABSTRACT more like this
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label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool more like this