They would have preferred to donate the embryos to science, but at the time, embryonic stem cell research was banned, so that choice was off the table.
Catholic schools that participate are being asked not to donate to the ALS Association because it has a study under way using embryonic stem cell research, which is thought to violate teaching on abortion.
The report voiced "concerns about the variability of the quality of the teaching" and said registration of teachers is only embryonic, leaving people struggling to assess their credentials.
Excited, he went online and discovered that, in the US, an embryonic subculture was forming around e-cigarettes.
Karzai infuriated both Musharraf and Ashfaq Kayani, his successor as army chief, by spurning offers to help train Afghanistan's embryonic army.
Like embryonic stem cells, they have the potential to become any kind of body tissue.
Some scientists point out that chopping up jellyfish could increase the problem by releasing sperm and eggs (which can thus meet and fertilise), and even embryonic jellyfish called polyps that grow inside adults.
Reportedly, the White House is considering rolling the four banking-supervision agencies into one, though the idea is still in flux.But an embryonic plan to create a super-regulator for consumer products, such as mortgages, credit cards and mutual funds, is already encountering stiff opposition.
A programme to train vetted Syrian opposition fighters in neighbouring countries remains embryonic.
UNTIL now, the big question for Bosnia-watchers has been whether the embryonic state designed at the Dayton peace conference in 1995 can hold together.
On the issue of embryonic stem-cell research Mr McCain is also at odds with the platform.
