Royal Society fights all-out cloning ban
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BRITAINâS leading academic institution is backing an international campaign to stop the United States securing an international ban on all forms of human cloning.
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The government is looking into calls to lift a ban on creating embryos from dying children to aid key research.
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Great Britainâs best scientists are standing up to American government pressure to get a worldwide ban on all types of human cloning by backing an international campaign against American efforts.
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Researchers say a new programme could help create a DNA database of all life on Earth, ever.
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British scientists were backing Sunday a campaign to stop the United States from creating a worldwide ban on all types of human cloning.
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Harvard University researchers said  on Wednesday they were seeking permission to use cloning  technology to make human stem cells.
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U.N. members on both sides of the bitterly divisive debate over human cloning will try to agree Monday on a declaration urging countries to adopt legislation banning attempts to create human life.
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Comment is free: James Randerson:  Scientists will have to work hard to persuade a cynical public to tuck in to the idea of cloned meat.
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The Royal Society, the UK's premier group of scientists, has written to the British arm of energy giant ExxonMobil, demanding the company withdraw support for groups that attempt to undermine the consensus relating to climate change, a newspaper has reported.
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The Royal Society, UK, is seeking submissions for its investigation into the potential for designing drug treatments based on a personâs genetic makeup.
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Lawmakers begin debating legislation this week that would lift a ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research &#151; a bill that, if passed, could make Australia a world leader in research into diseases such as diabetes and Alzheimer's.
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Opponents of human therapeutic cloning begin a legal challenge to the granting of the first UK licence.
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The United Nations has abandoned efforts to devise a global treaty banning the cloning of human beings. While there was near universal support to ban reproductive cloning of babies, the international community
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Two scientists have asked Harvard University's ethical review board for permission to produce cloned human embryos for disease research.
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Britain staunchly defended the right to use human embryos for medical research while the Vatican backed a complete ban on human cloning as U.N. members Thursday began two days of debate on the highly contentious issue.
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CLONING DECLARATION: U.N. diplomats are poised to approve a draft declaration to outlaw human cloning, a non-binding agreement that would not outlaw research cloning.
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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.