The Ethics and Law Advisory Committee (ELAC) have now considered the outcomes of the consultation event and have made recommendations to the Authority for the future licensing of preimplantation tissue typing.  In summary,  ELAC have recommended that for preimplantation tissue typing a case-by-case approach should be maintained for the immediate future, that there should be a commitment to further a further reduction in the time taken to make decisions, and that a greater range of information should be made available on the HFEA website for people seeking this kind of treatment.
 
The Authority considered the recommendations of ELAC on 20th January and key decisions will be published on the HFEA website shortly.  
The ELAC papers and the minutes of the discussion had by the Committee can be found here:  http://www.hfea.gov.uk/5669.html
The Authority papers are now published , and can be found here: http://www.hfea.gov.uk/5721.html

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