Britain seeking support to stop stem cell ban
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LONDON - Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said yesterday it is calling for support from other countries to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty to ban human cloning.
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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 Stowers Institute for Medical Research has spoken. If Missouri bans embryonic stem-cell research, as some legislators want, the institute will not build a second facility in Kansas City.
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People in Switzerland are expected to back a proposal to allow stem-cell research on human embryos, exit polls indicate.
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Leading scientists make final plea for the right to create the first animal-human embryos to help advance understanding of genetic diseases.
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A coalition of 125 scientific and patients' groups urged the United Nations on Wednesday to reject a global ban on stem cell research sought by the Bush administration and more than 50 other countries.
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British authorities ruled Wednesday that research using animal eggs to create human stem cells could go forward in principle.
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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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Leaders of embryonic stem-cell banks in the United States and the United Kingdom pledge to work together to promote research, create standards and distribute each other's cells. By the Associated Press.
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Britain is looking to forge greater links with California in the biotechnology sector, particularly in the area of stem cell research, Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman said.
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Coincidence or conspiracy? You be the judge. Thursday, June 7. After months of intense lobbying by scientists and patient advocacy groups, the House is ready to vote on legislation that would loosen President Bush's restrictions on the use of human embryos in stem cell research. But that very mor...
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The British government on Wednesday approved plans to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research &#151; and said they will also be entitled to compensation for costs incurred.
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British regulators will decide on Wednesday whether to permit the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos for research into illnesses such as Parkinson's, Motor Neurone Disease and Alzheimer's.
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The UK's fertility regulator is set to rule that stem cell medics can recruit women to donate eggs for research.
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The British government has approved a plan to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research and to be compensated for it &#151; an action that scientists hope will improve the supply of eggs.
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Paralysed &quot;Superman&quot; star Christopher Reeve, who died earlier this month, made an appeal from beyond the grave for voters to support human embryonic stem cell 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.