Swiss Voters Accept Stem Cell Research Law
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GENEVA - Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a law allowing stem cell research Sunday, rejecting a hard-line campaign that compared researchers to the Nazis&#39; &quot;angel of death,&quot; Dr.
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A little more than three months after California voters approved a measure allocating $3 billion in public funds for stem cell and related research, organizers are struggling with down-to-earth concerns.
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GENEVA - Voters in Switzerland - where more than one in five is a foreigner - rejected proposals to liberalize tough rules on citizenship in a national referendum Sunday.    In an outcome revealing the deep divide between the country's French- and more conservative German-speaking regions, two government-backed plans failed to win support in a majority of the Alpine country's 26 cantons, or states, official results showed by early afternoon...
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People in Switzerland are expected to back a proposal to allow stem-cell research on human embryos, exit polls indicate.
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Californians approved a groundbreaking measure allowing around three billion dollars in state funds to be used for embryonic stem cell research, early figures showed.
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Voters in California are almost evenly divided on a ballot measure that could approve state funding for stem cell research, according to a poll released on Sunday.
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The Swiss parliament has endorsed closer ties between Switzerland and the European Union.
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An Italian court approves a series of referendums on a controversial law restricting fertility treatments.
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A surprising survey of infertility patients finds that 60 percent are willing to donate their frozen embryos for stem-cell research. Science favored over adoption.
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SAN DIEGO - California voters resoundingly approved a measure to spend $3 billion in public money for embryonic stem cell research, opening the door for the most aggressive push yet into the controversial science.
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In January 2001, the British Parliament passed a bill that authorized government funding for human embryonic stem cell research.
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Swiss voters rejected controversial reforms making it easier for second and third generation immigrants in Switzerland to gain citizenship, official results in a referendum showed.
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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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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.
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Swiss voters approved measures to allow scientists to take stem cells from unwanted embryos to be used for research into diseases.
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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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A committee of renowned scientists said the result was a vote of confidence in medical research and a positive sign for Switzerland as a centre for science and research.