...while Europe contemplates funding ban
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Europe is considering the banning of European Commission funding into research that involves the destruction of human embryos. There are calls for the strictest legislation to be applied where no consensus exist, and that there should be a focus on research that is agreed by all to be necessary. There breakthroughs in the culture and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells have opened up new research opportunities.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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European panel rejects creation of human embryos for research
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A report by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies was presented to the European Union in November 2000, and found that the creation of human embryos to be used in stem-cell research is "premature." The findings of the report are expected to have a notable effect on countries such as France and Britain, where the issue is still under debate.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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Ethics can boost science
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A recent report by a group selected to advise the European Union on bioethics has found that using somatic-cell nuclear transfer to create embryos for stem-cell therapy research would be "premature." Therapeutic cloning would be beneficial to science and medicine, but the ethics behind it are still being questioned.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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