U.S.-Led Drive for U.N. Stem Cell Ban Crumbles
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A U.S.-led campaign to ban  cloning of human embryos, including for stem cell research,  crumbled on Friday as a divided United Nations prepared to  abandon the initiative.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Thursday endorsed scientific research involving the  cloning of human embryos, differing with the Bush  administration's push for a treaty to ban such studies.
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The United Nations considers a ban on all forms of cloning, a move that could eventually lead to problems for California's 10-year, $3 billion stem-cell initiative. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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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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Some high-profile scientists have jumped into the fight over the University of Wisconsin-Madison's stem cell patents, supporting the effort to have them revoked.
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Scientists are chafing at the U.S. government's unfulfilled pledge to boost funding for basic scientific research, the source of innovations ranging from the World Wide Web to high-tech cancer treatments.
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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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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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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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Here&#39;s the bad news for stem cell advocates: George W. Bush, the president who first placed severe restrictions on such research, was re-elected to a second term Tuesday.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday endorsed scientific studies that involve the cloning of human embryos, differing with the Bush administration's push for a treaty to ban such research.
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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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Democratic lawmakers proposed a &#36;1 billion stem cell research initiative on Sunday, saying New York could be left behind after California voters approved &#36;3 billion for human embryonic stem cell research.
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The U.S. abandoned a bid that it had aggressively pursued to obtain a U.N. treaty banning all human cloning, including that done in the name of medical research.
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Britain&#39;s leading academic institution is backing an international campaign to stop the US securing an international ban on all forms of human cloning.
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Talks at the United Nations  appear to have failed to avert a new U.N. confrontation over a  U.S.-led drive to ban all cloning of human embryos including  for stem cell research, diplomats said on Thursday.