Articles on this issue "cloning"
Protests continue following the news that scientists at the Oregon Health and Science University created cloned human embryos that were then used as a source of stem cells. Cardinal Seán …
read moreScientists in Oregon announced today that they had created cloned human embryos, and then destroyed the embryos to extract embryonic stem cells. The cloning technique is essentially the same …
read moreA British bishop is calling the claims of an American researcher that he has created cloned human embryos and implanted them in four women "deeply disturbing." In a statement released today, …
read moreNew studies done by three independent teams of scientists show promise in producing embryoniclike stem cells without destroying embryos. The studies, published Wednesday, use ordinary skin …
read moreU.S. bishops are urging Congress to reject legislation that would promote the destruction of human embryos. Two bills, S.5 on embryonic stem cell research and H.R. 2560 on human cloning, are …
read moreThe lower house in Victoria passed legislation to legalize therapeutic cloning, though opponents are hopeful that the bill will have a harder time gaining approval in the upper house. Fifteen …
read moreThe Pro-Life Secretariat of the U.S. bishops' conference applauded Senators Sam Brownback and Mary Landrieu for reintroducing the Human Cloning Prohibition Act. Shortly before the House of …
read moreResponding to media reports about legislation to introduce "therapeutic" human cloning, Melbourne's archbishop called on the government to resist such moves. A message posted Tuesday on the …
read moreThere are scientific, political and moral lessons to be learned from the human cloning scandal in South Korea, a U.S. bishops' conference spokesman told a congressional panel. Richard …
read moreSpain\'s bishops are opposing legislation on assisted reproduction as a \"legal license to clone human beings\" and \"refusal to protect incipient human life.\" That was how the episcopate …
read moreA Korean finding that a team of researchers had fabricated two major studies on human cloning is but one symptom of an ethics failure in the field, says a U.S. bishops\' aide. Richard …
read moreOver three-quarters of Americans oppose allowing researchers to clone human embryos for any purpose, including to provide children to infertile couples, a new poll finds. This is among the …
read moreThe Holy See agreed with the U.N. call to ban all types of human cloning, but lamented that the pronouncement wasn't made binding on countries. On Tuesday, after an intense debate, a U.N. …
read moreThe U.N. General Assembly approved a nonbinding resolution urging governments to adopt laws banning all forms of human cloning, including cloning of human embryos for stem cell research. The …
read moreThe Holy See expressed moderate satisfaction over a U.N. committee's approval of a declaration calling for a ban on all forms of human cloning. The non-compulsory ban, adopted on Friday with …
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