Swiss voters approve stem cell research using human embryos
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GENEVA : A large majority of Swiss voters approved a new law that allows medical research on stem cells taken from human embryos but rules out cloning, official results from a referendum showed.
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Voters in Switzerland have backed a new law permitting research on stem cells from human embryos. The Catholic Church and the influential Green Party had opposed the legislation, saying it involved taking human lives.
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The Swiss parliament has endorsed closer ties between Switzerland and the European Union.
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The government has won strong backing for a law allowing stem-cell research on surplus human embryos, with two-thirds of Swiss voting in favour.
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A majority of Americans favor research on stem cells taken from discarded human embryos, according to the latest survey to show growing support for the controversial science.
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Two-thirds of Swiss voters on Sunday endorsed government-proposed legislation to allow limited stem cell research, local media reported.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois Senate voted Friday to spend state tax dollars on embryonic stem cell research, despite objections from those who argue the research destroys human life.
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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 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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British authorities decided Wednesday to permit research that uses animal eggs to create human stem cells &#151; studies experts say are critical to unlocking treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases.
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Scientists win approval for controversial research from the fertility and embryo research watchdog
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Voters in Switzerland yesterday overwhelmingly approved a law allowing scientists to experiment on stem cells taken from human embryos, in a move which will deepen the division between Europe and the US over the use of such research.
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British scientists say they have created human embryos containing DNA from two women and a man in a procedure that researchers hope might be used one day to produce embryos free of inherited diseases.
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British authorities on Thursday approved scientists' use of animal eggs to create human stem cells, a ruling that will boost the supply of stem cells for research.
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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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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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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia's parliament lifted a ban Wednesday on cloning human embryos for stem cell research despite opposition from the prime minister and other party leaders.