Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority
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Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority
An organization set up by act of Parliament in 1990 to control research involving embryos. The HFEA regulates and inspects all UK clinics providing IVF, donor insemination or the storage of eggs, sperm or embryos. It maintains a register of persons whose gametes are used for assisted conception and licenses and monitors all human embryo research being conducted in the UK.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005