Vatican condemns cloned human embryo research
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The Vatican on Friday condemned  the cloning of human embryos, calling it the "worst type of  exploitation of the human being."
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Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said 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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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope John Paul II warned in a statement released Sunday that humanity&#39;s speedy progress in science and technology risks overlooking moral values, citing with particular concern experiments in human cloning.
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A leading Vatican official on Friday condemned a US company's announcement that it had created cloned human embryos from adult skin cells.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday condemned genetic engineering and other scientific practices that allow people to select so-called "designer babies" by screening them for defects.
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Leading scientists have urged peers not to block the use of human-animal hybrid embryos for research.
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The president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care has denounced the concept of "assisted procreation," demanding respect for the role of marital love in the creation of new human life.
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy Aug. 22, 2004 - Pope John Paul II warned in a statement released Sunday that humanity&#39;s speedy progress in science and technology risks overlooking moral values, citing with particular concern experiments in human cloning.
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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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The highly contentious issue of cloning is back on the U.N. agenda, with support among member states for a treaty banning human cloning but divisions over the use of human embryos for medical research.
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University of Pittsburgh scientists have cloned monkey embryos from adult cells, but the clones failed to survive when implanted in surrogate mothers.
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Viable embryos have been created from dead people by fusing their cells with empty cow eggs, a controversial fertility scientist claimed on Tuesday.
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The inclusion of prayers calling for conversions has led to sharp criticism of the Vatican.
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A MAVERICK cloning scientist came under severe criticism yesterday as he denied exploiting bereaved couples by using DNA from their dead children in his experiments.
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Academics and students accuse pontiff of defending the Inquisition's condemnation of Galileo
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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. The London-based Royal Society is stepping up its drive to push the United Nations to ban the cloning of babies, but to make no ruling on using the technology for medical research, or therapeutic cloning, at its 59th General Session in October. The 191-nation U.N. General Assembly is divided over whether to allow therapeutic cloning to continue or to adopt a broad cloning ban championed by the Bush administration and Costa Rica with strong backing from the U.S. anti-abortion movement and many predominantly Roman Catholic nations.
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Pope John Paul on Sunday condemned human cloning as an arrogant attempt to improve on God&#39;s creation. &quot;The sense of power that every technical progress inspires in man is