UN begins delicate cloning debate
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The United Nations begins a two-day debate on cloning with two competing resolutions on the table.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday endorsed scientific studies that involve the cloning of human embryos, differing with the Bush administration&#39;s push for a treaty to ban such research.
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Harvard University scientists have asked the university's ethical review board for permission to produce cloned human embryos for disease research, potentially becoming the first researchers in the nation to wade into a divisive area of study that has become a presidential campaign issue.
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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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A U.S.-led campaign to ban  cloning of human embryos, including for stem cell research, was  rejected by a divided United Nations on Friday as a General  Assembly committee abandoned the initiative in favor of a  nonbinding declaration against human cloning.
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By putting off a vote on banning all human cloning, nations have let embryo research for therapeutic reasons gain momentum. By Gregory M. Lamb | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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The United Nations abandons efforts to ban all cloning and opts for a non-binding resolution. It's a blow to President Bush's efforts to push a ban and a victory for embryonic stem cell researchers. By Kristen Philipkoski
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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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Britain's leading scientific institution said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty banning human cloning.
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Italy has offered with a compromise on human cloning that seeks common ground among U.N. member states who are sharply divided over competing treaties to ban the practice, diplomats said.
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The scientist who attracted the world's attention by cloning Dolly the Sheep is about to take another major step for medical research: cloning human embryos and experimenting on them with the British government's permission.
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In a bid to sidestep the ethical debate over the use of human embryos in medical research, scientists have developed a way to derive viable stem cell lines without harming the embryo.
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Australia's Parliament on Thursday debated a bill that would lift the country's ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research.
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Civil liberties groups express concern over an idea to take DNA from babies to help solve crimes.
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The Vatican, in its first speech ever to the U.N. General Assembly, called Wednesday for a total ban on human cloning and criticized the war in Iraq and unilateral responses to terrorism.
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U.S. scientists announce that they have cloned human embryos  -  to little fanfare. They weren't the first, though, and they won't be the last.
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Harvard University researchers said  on Wednesday they were seeking permission to use cloning  technology to make human stem cells.