Royal Society fights all-out cloning ban
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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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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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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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Britain granted its first license for human cloning Wednesday, joining South Korea on the leading edge of stem cell research, which is restricted by the Bush administration and which many scientists believe may lead to new treatments for a range of diseases.
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A US firm's controversial proposition to store stem cells from spare IVF embryos has angered UK scientists.
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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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House Republicans united Wednesday to reject a Democratic-backed bill to ban human reproductive cloning, a prelude to the larger battle this week over the federal funding of stem cell research.
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Comment is free: James Randerson:  Scientists will have to work hard to persuade a cynical public to tuck in to the idea of cloned meat.
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UK research organisations are expected to back scientific experiments on monkeys after an 18-month review.
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The UK's MRSA problem may be due to highly contagious clones of the superbug, says a scientist.
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British scientists said on Wednesday they had received permission to clone human embryos for medical research, in what they believe to be the first such license to be granted in Europe.
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Flies are the latest animals to be cloned, the journal Genetics reports.
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Scientists and entrepreneurs call for the creation of a charitable foundation to promote and fund UK stem cell research.
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California is moving quickly to  launch a $3 billion stem cell research program approved by  voters this month even as the United States is leading a  campaign at the United Nations to ban all cloning of human  embryos, including for stem cell studies.
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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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California is moving quickly to launch a &#36;3 billion stem cell research program approved by voters this month even as the United States is leading a campaign at the United Nations to ban all cloning of human embryos, including for stem cell studies.
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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.