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| The following biological definition comes from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) discussion paper (2006). | | The following biological definition comes from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) discussion paper (2006). | ||
:"human embryo means a discrete entity that has arisen from either: | :"''human embryo means a discrete entity that has arisen from either:'' | ||
::(a) the first mitotic division when fertilisation of a human oocyte by a human sperm is complete; or | ::''(a) the first mitotic division when fertilisation of a human oocyte by a human sperm is complete; or'' | ||
::(b) any other process that initiates organised development of a biological entity with a human nuclear genome or altered human nuclear genome that has the potential to develop up to, or beyond, the stage at which the primitive streak appears; | ::''(b) any other process that initiates organised development of a biological entity with a human nuclear genome or altered human nuclear genome that has the potential to develop up to, or beyond, the stage at which the primitive streak appears;'' | ||
::and has not yet reached 8 weeks of development since the first mitotic division." | ::''and has not yet reached 8 weeks of development since the first mitotic division.''" | ||
This definition was also published by the same group in 2007. | This definition was also published by the same group in 2007. | ||
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The following biological definition comes from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) discussion paper (2006).
This definition was also published by the same group in 2007. <pubmed>17178746</pubmed>
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