Australia lifts ban on therapeutic cloning
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Australia overturned a ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research, despite heartfelt arguments against from both Prime Minister John Howard and the new leader of the opposition.
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Remaining restrictions on UK animal movements after the Surrey foot-and-mouth disease outbreak are lifted.
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The decision removes the last hurdle before meat and milk from cloned animals can be sold at stores.
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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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Australia's Parliament on Thursday debated a bill that would lift the country's ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research.
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A government report on Tuesday recommended Australia lift its long-standing restrictions on the export and enrichment of uranium, which it imposed to ensure the mineral is not used to develop nuclear weapons and to allay concerns about radioactive waste disposal.
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The US Food and Drug Administration cleared the first DNA microarray test for use by physicians in making treatment decisions based on a patient&#39;s genes.
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Catholic lawmakers in Australia rebelled Wednesday against threats from the church of &quot;consequences&quot; if they vote in favour of overturning a ban on therapeutic cloning.
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Swiss voters endorsed restrictive legislation on stem cell research Sunday that forbids the cloning of human embryos and put Switzerland on a par with some other continental European countries.
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The United Nations abandons efforts to ban all cloning and opts for a non-binding resolution. It's a blow to President Bush's efforts to push a ban and a victory for embryonic stem cell researchers. By Kristen Philipkoski
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GENEVA  - Two-thirds of Swiss voters approved a new law that allows medical research on stem cells taken from human embryos but bars cloning, official results from a referendum showed.
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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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Alan O. Trounson, a top Australian stem cell researcher, is named president of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine after a lengthy search. Australia smarts at the loss.
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Singapore banned human cloning Thursday and said offenders would face 10 years in jail to prevent "abhorrent experiments."
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The first request by British scientists to clone human embryos has been granted by experts.
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A cloning scientist yesterday rejected accusations that his work was exploitative, unsafe and socially unacceptable. Panayiotis Zavos, of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky, claims
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A European ban on exports of British livestock, meat and dairy products, imposed after the foot-and-mouth outbreak, is lifted.