Swiss approve stem-cell research law
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GENEVA Swiss voters have backed a law allowing stem-cell research in the first national referendum on an issue that has divided both the European Union and the United States.
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British regulators granted two licenses  on Thursday to conduct controversial experiments using hybrid  human-animal embryos, paving the way for further stem cell  research into diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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BERN, Switzerland, NOV. 8, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- The Swiss bishops' conference has warned about a proposed law on embryonic stem cell research that will face a national referendum this month.
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The government's fertility regulator today agreed in principle that scientists should be allowed to create human-animal embryos for medical research.
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A measure that forbids cloning human embryos but allows scientists to extract stem cells from unwanted embryos for medical research is approved by Swiss voters. The restrictive legislation is similar to that of the Netherlands and Spain.
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Swiss voters looked set last night to approve new legislation allowing stem-cell research, to the relief of the country&#39;s pharmaceuticals and biotechnology sectors.
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Californians voted Tuesday to spend &#36;3 billion on stem cell research, putting the state on the cutting edge of a field questioned by conservatives and the Bush administration. Arizonans approved a crackdown on illegal immigrants, and 11 states from Georgia to Oregon adopted bans on same-sex marriage.
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Swiss voters endorsed restrictive legislation on stem cell research Sunday that forbids the cloning of human embryos and put Switzerland on a par with some other continental European countries.
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The scientific journal Nature has issued a clarification of a recent report that human embryonic stem cells can be derived without harm to the embryo, but has affirmed the reportÂs validity.
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Scientists in Massachusetts said today they had created several colonies of human embryonic stem cells without harming the embryos from which they were derived, the latest in a series of recent advances that could speed development of stem cell-based treatments for a variety of diseases.
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California is moving quickly to  launch a $3 billion stem cell research program approved by  voters this month even as the United States is leading a  campaign at the United Nations to ban all cloning of human  embryos, including for stem cell studies.
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To the chagrin of the Church but the delight of scientists Spain's new Socialist government announced it will allow scientists to go ahead with embryonic stem cell research to help seek cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes.
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CHICAGO - Austrian researchers are successfully treating incontinent women with the patient&#39;s own muscle-derived stem cells. The findings of the first clinical study of its kind were presented today at the
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The biotech firm advances to next stage of clinical studies in stem cell research.
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The European Union will continue financing human stem cell research, ministers from the bloc's 25 member states decided Monday, overcoming opposition from a group of mostly Catholic countries.
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Coincidence or conspiracy? You be the judge. Thursday, June 7. After months of intense lobbying by scientists and patient advocacy groups, the House is ready to vote on legislation that would loosen President Bush's restrictions on the use of human embryos in stem cell research. But that very mor...
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In a referendum on Sunday, Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a law that allows medical research on stem cells taken from human embryos but bars cloning.