Allow cloning in embryo research, says UK report

UK ramps up embryo research debate

search for a new international treaty than the Bush administration. Pachauri said there was still time for the developed countries to convince India and China to sign a new deal next year, but that it would require a series of " measures and actions " in the next few months. He urged other rich countries to follow Europe's lead and set ambitious carbon reduction targets for the next ten years. ...

Human research cloning, embryos, and embryo-like artifacts.

Research suggests that cloning is incapable of producing a viable embryo when it is used on primate eggs. In fact, the entity created may not qualify as an embryo at all. If the results stand, cloning avoids the moral objections typically lodged against it, and cloning is itself an "alternative source" of stem cells.

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Human embryo research in France.

The French law on bioethics, voted upon in July 1994, is going to be revised. This is the occasion for France to reconsider its position concerning research on human embryos, which is currently prohibited in France, as it is in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. However, such research is authorised in other European countries such as the UK, Spain, Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands. The establi...

UK cloning moves prompt questions abroad

the past two years. " Research funding does not cover the total overhead costs and so the university is left out of pocket. " Senior figures have argued that the new costing strategy will have to be monitored carefully to ensure that it does not damage the research environment it is designed to protect. David Wallace, vice-president of the Royal Society, said: " I fear that this has been driven...