The production of an exact genetic replica of an animal, either by splitting an early embryo, or by using a technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer to clone a body cell taken from an adult or embryo.
The Tasmanian Parliament has passed legislation to make therapeutic cloning lawful in the state, mirroring Australian federal legislation to this effect. In both Houses of the Tasmanian parliament the Human Cloning and other Prohibited Practices Amendment Bill 2007 was approved amid much controversy and emotive debate. The...
The Roman Catholic Bishops of England (RCBE) have told the UK parliament that inter-species embryos - those containing genetic information from both human and animals - should not be treated any differently from 'normal' embryos, and that women should be given the chance to carry their genetic offspring to...
The US bill that would expand federal funding for human embryonic stem (ES) cell research appears to be poised for defeat. Republican President Bush has promised to veto the bill again, and Congress appears unable to garner enough votes to override the president's opposition. A year ago...
Delaware has moved a step closer to allowing human embryonic stem (ES) cell research. The Delaware Regenerative Medicine Act would permit ES cell research under the approval of an advisory council and would allow couples to donate 'spare' embryos for research after undergoing IVF. Reproductive cloning and...
Victoria may become the first Australian state to allow scientists to conduct therapeutic cloning by cell nuclear transfer (CNR), after legislation legalising the research was proposed by Health Minister Bronwyn Pike to the state's Parliament last week. Although Australia's Federal Parliament passed Senator Kay Patterson's bill to...
By MacKenna Roberts: Stem cell research supporters in the US State of Delaware have learnt from last year's campaign by opposition group 'A Rose and a Prayer' - a coalition of religious and political conservative factions, which sent roses to all the Delaware House of Representative members. Supporters of this year's...
An Associated Press-AOL News poll has recently indicated that 56 per cent of US adults support relaxing restrictions on using federal money to pay for embryonic stem (ES) cell research. The latest figures come as New Jersey pledges millions to support and expand ES cell research in...
The European Parliament's approval of funding for some human embryonic stem cell research reflects inequality in how individual countries recognise fundamental rights, according to a Vatican official. Following 19 months of negotiations and 2000 amendments - 700 of which were put to a vote - the 7th Framework...
The Australian House of Representatives has begun debating proposed legislation that will allow scientists to clone embryos for stem cell research. The Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006, introduced by Liberal Senator Kay Patterson, was narrowly passed...
By Antony Blackburn-Starza: There is growing optimism in Australia among supporters of proposed new embryonic stem (ES) cell legislation, scheduled to be debated by the Australian Federal Parliament next week. If a bill is passed by Parliament, it will then be debated by the House of Representatives, but analysts have...
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