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CLONING NEWS

2007

Human Therapeutic Cloning at a Standstill (Technology Review)

Sponsors of proposed amendment on cloning object to ballot language (Kansas City Star)

Australia: Coalition split on clones (Courier-Mail)

Human-Animal Cybrids (Technology Review)

Australia: Human cloning just not ethical (The Courier-Mail)

Australia: Parliament prepares for a marathon debate on therapeutic cloning (ABC News)

House rejects bill to ban human cloning (Washington Post)

Australia: Embryonic Stem Cell Research A Step Closer To Reproductive Cloning (Christian Today)

China: Expert urges mainland to start cloning (The Standard)

Hundreds rally against embryonic cloning procedure at Missouri Capitol (AP)

Expert says cloning ban would hurt Nebraska (AP)

UK: Clone Research Hampered by Red Tape, says Fertility Expert (The Guardian)

2006

UK: Doctors Can Ask Any Patient to Donate Eggs (Telegraph)

UK: Anger over Egg Donation License (BBC)

Cloning Benefits Oversold, Says Stem-Cell Scientist (The Times)

South Korean Scientist Claims Creating World’s First Female Cloned Dog (Associated Press)

Aussie Lawmakers End Ban On Human Cloning, In 82-62 Vote, With Prime Minister John Howard In Opposition (CBS News)

Australia: Moral Boundary in Danger over Cloning (Sydney Morning Herald)

Australia: Cell Division (The Australian)

Opponents blast stem cell measure in latest rally (AP

Australia: Health Minister Abbott Warns on Stem Cell Cloning (The Australian)

Australia: Cloning can affect votes, MPs told (The Age)

Australian PM changes mind over conscience vote on cloning (BioNews)

Australia: Cabinet to Keep Bans on Therapy Cloning (News.com.au)

Stem Cell Superpowers Exposed: Conversion Factor For Adult Cells Could Sidestep Cloning Controversy (Nature News)

Lack of Human Eggs Could Hamper US Cloning Efforts (Technology Review)

Ethical Questions Complicate the Recruitment of Egg Donors (Boston Globe)

Cloning 'Could Beat Gene Disease' (BBC)

Backing for Baby Cloning to Beat Disease (Telegraph)

2005
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Seoul University Probes Cloning / Stem Cell Research (AP)

- South Korean Cell Scientist Faked Results According to Collaborator 
(Reuters)

-'Stem Cell Hub' Cloning Network Project Folding 
(San Francisco Chronicle)

-Global Cloning Project Imperiled  (Boston Globe)

- Catholic, Confucian Groups Speak Out Against Hwang  (Korea Times)

- U.S. Relatively Hospitable to Stem-Cell Research (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

- Study: Lack of Coherent Cloning Policies Reflects Polarized Debate, Limited Understanding (Medical News Today)

- Louisiana: House Committee OKs Competing Versions of Anti-Cloning Bills  (AP)

- Scientists Ask Nations to Allow Therapeutic Human Cloning for Stem Cell Work (AP)
- UK: Embryo Cloning for Diabetes Research (Telegraph)

- Champion Endurance Horse Cloned (BBC)

- Cloned Cows Yummy and Safe (Wired)

- Missouri: Support Fades for Cloning, Stem-Cell Ban (Kansas City Star)

- Massachusetts: House Approves Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Boston Globe)

- Harvard Provost OKs Cloning Procedure (Boston Globe)

- Senators Propose Total Cloning Ban (Times-Picayune)

- Divide Undercuts Clone-Ban Effort (Wired)

- Kansas Legislators Unlikely to Ban Human Cloning (USA Today)

- Researcher: Scientists Need to Ponder Ethics Before Experimentation (The Business Journal)

- Massachusetts: Poll Backs Research on Stem Cells but Cloning Opposed (Boston Globe)

- UN Backs U.S. Plea for Total Ban on Human Cloning (Reuters) (UN News Centre) (AP)

- UK to Vote Against UN Human Cloning Decision (Medical News Today)

- Britain to Defy UN over Therapeutic Cloning Ban (Scotsman)

- China, A Cloning’s Paradise (Asia News)

- Effectiveness of UN Cloning Declaration in Dispute (CNS News)

- U.N. Group Calls For Cloning Ban (CBS)

- Australia: Scientists Lobby to Lift Cloning Ban Despite UN Vote (Fairfax Digital)

- Korea to Continue Cloning Research (Korea Times)

- UN Deeply Divided on Cloning Declaration (Reuters)

- Missouri: Ban on Cloning Based Stem Cell Work Moves Ahead (Post-Dispatch)

- Arizona House OKs Bill to Ban Taxpayer Funding of Human Cloning (AP)

- Massachusetts: Romney, State House Poised for Cloning Stem-Cell Tussle (Boston Herald)

- U.N. Talks Seek Compromise on Human Cloning Ban (Reuters)

- Kansas: Legislators Introduce Bill to Ban Human Cloning (Journal-World)

- Australian Government to Review Human Cloning Laws (ABC)

- Online Debate: Should Human Embryos be Cloned to Research a Cure for MND? (Scotsman)

- California Panel to Fight Federal Anti-Cloning Bill (AP)

- Britain Pro-lifers Row over Cloning License to Dolly's Father (Christianity Today)

- Dolly Expert is to Clone Embryos (BBC)

- Clone Ban Comeback Likely (Wired)

- Chicago: Destroyed Embryo Deemed Human (Sun-Times)

- Bush Signals Tougher Embryo Research Limits (Reuters)

- Ban On Use Of Arizona Funds For Human Cloning Advances (Arizona Republic)

January 31
- Arizona: Human Cloning Targeted (Arizona Republic)

January 19
- Nebraska: Bill Aims to Separate Human Cloning, Stem Cell Issues (AP)

January 14
- Debate Brewing in Indiana Over Human Cloning (Indianapolis Star)

January 12
- South Korea Approves Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cell Research (INQ7) (AP)

January 11
- ACT Vows to Appeal Cloning Patent Decision (Mass High Tech)

December 23
- Dolly Scientists May Clone Human Embryos (Boston Globe)

December 08
- Theater: My 3 Sons: Cloning's Unexpected Results (New York Times)

December 07
- Squeezing Out Monkey Clones (Wired) (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

December 03
- Aussie Backflip On Cloning (The Scientist)

December 01
- Costly Cloning Isn't a Cure-All (Wired)

November 29
- Swiss Voters Endorse Some Limits on Cloning, Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Reuters) (AP)

November 19
- U.N. Abandons Idea of Anti-Cloning Treaty (AP)
- Illinois Embryonic Stem-Cell/Cloning Bill Turned Down (Chicago Tribune)

November 18
- Italy Offers Compromise On Cloning (AP)
- Medical Group Calls on UN Not to Ban Therapeutic Cloning (CNS News)

November 16
- UN Fails To Reach Compromise On Human Cloning Issue (Medical News Today)

November 15
- No Human Cloning Experiments in Russia - Minister (Itar Tass)

November 12
- UN Nears Showdown on Pact to Ban Cloning for Stem Cell Studies (Reuters)

November 08
- Abdul Kalam, President of India: I Am Against Human Cloning (Press Trust of India)
- Clone Ban Unlikely to Pass Senate (Wired)

November 04
- Korean Scientist Expects Bush to Permit Therapeutic Human Cloning (Korea Times)

October 22
- U.N. Split on Human Cloning Ban (Washington Post)
- Annan Backs Human Cloning (AFP)

October 21
- UK: Second Bid Made to Clone Humans (BBC)

October 20
- Kass Accuses Britain of Crossing Moral Boundary on Cloning (Independent)

October 19
- U.N. to Revisit Cloning Treaty (Wired)

October 18
- UK Scientists: UN Must Ignore Cloning Ban Call (BBC)

October 13
- Harvard Seeks OK To Clone Human Embryos (MSNBC)

October 5
- Clone Research Scientists Defend Their Work (The Journal)

September 30
- UK: Scientists Begin Cloning (The Evening Chronicle)

September 28
- Dolly Scientists' Human Clone Bid (BBC)

September 27
- Australian Cloning Vote Unclear (The Scientist)
- Free to Clone (New York Times)

September 21
- Zavos Cloning Article Pulled (The Scientist)

September 14
- Germany's Ethics Council Rejects Cloning (DW)

August 30
- Britons Attack US Cloning Ban Bid (BBC)

August 17
- Germany Pushes For EU Ban On Embryo Cloning (Cordis)

August 12
- Italy Shocked by British Green Light for Human Embryos Cloning (Xinhuanet)

August 11
- UK: Scientists Given Cloning Go-Ahead (BBC) (AP) (Reuters) (AFP)

July 26
- Japan: State Panel Gives Scientists Green Light to Clone Embryos for Medical Research (The Japan Times)

July 09
- French Parliament Bans Human Cloning, Allows Embryo Research (AFP)

July 06
- Human Cloning Issue on African Union Agenda (Sunday Times)

June 29
- Louisiana Loggerheads: Notes From The Clone Wars (AP)

June 18
- Clone Wars Flare in State Legislatures (AP)

June 17
- Louisiana: House-Senate Conference Committee to Iron Out Cloning Conflicts (AP)

June 14
- UK Scientists to Create Cloned Human Embryos (Guardian)

June 10
- Arab States Consider Total Ban on Human Cloning (SciDev.net)

June 03
- Louisiana House and Senate Ban Human Cloning (AP)

June 02
- South Korean Professor: Human Reproductive Cloning Scientifically Impossible (Chosun)

June 01
- Louisiana: Economics Enters Debate on Cloning (Times-Picayune)

May 26
- Louisiana Senate Reverses Stance on Cloning, Now Seeks Complete Ban (Times Picayune) (AP)

May 24
- Scientists Say Re-Cloned Bull Bodes Well for Serial Cloning (AP) (Wired)

May 20
- Chilean Scientists Warn of Mutation Risks from Chemical Used in Cloning (AFP)
- Louisiana Senate Bans Reproductive Cloning
(The Advocate)

May 12
- Louisiana: Cloning Bills Debate Keeps Multiplying (AP)

May 11
- Singapore to Ban Human Cloning but Cuts Penalty (Reuters)

May 07
- Scientists Want to Clone a Human Embryo in Britain (The Independent)

May 06
- Italian Doctor Says Three Cloned Babies Born (Reuters)

May 02
- A Big Cloning Job for the Raelians  (Washington Post)

April 21
- Dolly Scientists To Clone Human Embryos (BBC)

April 20
- Mathematical Model Predicts Human Cloning On A Grand Scale Could Spell End Of Species As All Become Nastier (News-Medical.net)

April 15
- When 'Switched On' Muscle Stem Cells Morph To Resemble Nerve Cells
(Science Daily) (News-Medical.net)

March 23
- Israel: Knesset Imposes Permanent Ban on Human Cloning (Jerusalem Post)

March 11
- Canada Passes Comprehensive Cloning Ban (Reuters)

March 04
- Canada Close to Enacting Stem-Cell, Cloning Law (Ottawa Citizen)

March 01
- Is Dr. Clone Creating Life or Trying to Save It? (Washington Post)

February 25
- States Race to Lead Cloning and Stem-Cell Research (Christian Science Monitor)

February 24
- New Jersey: Stem Cell Funding Elicits Ire (Express Times)

February 23
- Welcome to the Age of Cloning (World)
- New Jersey Governor Puts Cloning and Stem Cell Research in Budget Plan (New York Times) (Wired)

February 17
- Genetic Engineering News Reports Results of Stem Cell and Cloning Survey of Scientists (Business Wire)
- More on South Korean Cloning Doctors Woo Suk Hwang and Shin Yong Moon (New York Times) (Time Asia)
- Specter of Reproductive Cloning May Prove a Mirage (New York Times)

February 16
- New Jersey Governor Intensifies Research Advocacy (Express-Times)

February 13
- Korean Stem Cell Research Labeled Recipe for Cloning (Australian BC)
- South Korean Scientists Describe Cloning (Washington Post)
- Medical and Ethical Issues Cloud Plans to Clone for Therapy (New York Times) (Los Angeles Times)
- Senator Brownback Pushes His Anti-Cloning Bill (Washington Times)
- Clone Report Sparks Fresh Debate (CNN)
- Why Cloning Didn't Happen in U.S. (Wired)
- Split on Clones: Research vs. Reproduction (New York Times)
- Therapeutic Cloning Ignites Call for Ban (AP)
- U.S. Losing Edge in Stem Cell Research (AP)
- Stem Cell Procedure Mixes New, Old Ways (AP)
- Cloning Advances Faster than Regulation (Christian Science Monitor)
- Tallahassee, Florida: Local Circles React to Cloning Development (Tallahassee Democrat)
- Cloning is Slippery Slope for Some; Others Say It's for a Greater Good (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- South Koreans Call for Baby Clone Ban (BBC)
- Pope's Bioethics Advisor Condemns Cloning (Reuters)
- Patients Hopeful Over Cloning Breakthrough (Reuters)

February 12
- Cloning/Stem Cell Technique -- Murder or Medicine's Big Hope? (Reuters) (Townhall)
- South Korea Scientists Clone Human Embryos; Derive Embryonic Stem Cell Line (New York Times) (Washington Post) (Economist) (BBC) (International Herald Tribune)
- Debate Over Cloning in U.S. Remains Intense (New York Times) (Wired News)
- Clonaid Claims of Another Clone Birth Prompt Skepticism, Concern (CNS News)

February 11
- Clonaid: Clone Baby Born in Australia (News.com.au)

February 04
- Human Cloning Attempt has Failed (BBC)

January 23
- Nebraska: Proposed Ban On Human Cloning Could Be Finished For 2004 (Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan)
- US-Based Cloning Doctor Brushes Off Criticism (Reuters)

January 21
- Scientists Appeal to Media to Curtail Coverage of Cloning Claims (AP) (Reuters)

January 20
- Doctor Says He Has Implanted Cloned Human Embryo Reuters) (AP) (BBC) (The Guardian) (BBC)
- Delaware: Debate over Cloning Dominates General Assembly Session (Cape Gazette)

January 15
- China Issues Document to Ban Human Cloning (People's Daily)
- State Bill on Cloning Debated in Delaware (The News Journal)

January 13
- Israel: Knesset Panel to Reconsider Ban on Cloning (Haaretz)

January 12
- Fine Print of New Jersey "Stem Cell" Bill Goes Unreported (Accuracy In Media)

January 8
- Critics Say N.J. Law Encourages Cloning (Washington Times)

January 5
- New Jersey Signs Bill to Allow Stem Cell Research, Cloning (Chicago Sun-Times)

January 2
- Dolly's Cloning Patent Sold (The Guardian) (The Scotsman)

December 31
- New Jersey Governor Under Fire for 'Cloning' Bill (Cybercast News Service)

December 29
- Korea: Seoul Passed Cloning Bill (Arirang TV)

December 23
- Texas A&M Clones First Deer (Houston Chronicle) (Reuters) (Australian Broadcasting Company) (AFP) (Knight Ridder) (Fort Worth Star Telegram)

December 22
- New Jersey Members of Congress Urge Gov. to Reject Cloning Bill (LifeNews.com) (The Trentonian)
- Israel: Government Moves to Extend Law Prohibiting Human Cloning (Haaretz)

December 18
- Euro Parliament Adopts Tissue and Cell Law Without a Ban on Use of Cloned Cells (The Scientist)

December 12
- French Parliament Backs Human Cloning Ban (Reuters)

December 09
- UN Puts Off Cloning Ban Treaty Talks for a Year (Reuters)
- Patients, Scientists Rally to Oppose Possible U.N. Ban on Cloning (U.S. Newswire)
- Genetic Info of Cloned Pigs May Inform Research on Birth Condition (Science Daily)

December 08
- UN to Decide on Cloning Ban Treaty (Reuters)

December 05
- UN May Re-Vote on Cloning Ban (Wired)
- Cloned Pigs May Help Prevent Fetal Condition in Humans (AP)

December 02
- Japan: Cloning Panel at Odds Over Embryonic Stem Cells (The Japan Times)
- What You're Not Being Told About Cloning (Popular Science)

November 25
- Kentucky: Cloning Opponents Looking Forward to Next General Assembly (Glasgow Daily Times)

November 18
- Singapore Proposes Ban on Human Cloning (Sapa-AP) (The Scotsman) (Singapore Press)
- Irish Taxpayers Could Fund Embryo Research (Online.ie)

November 14
- Cats, Cows Cloned, but Primates Still Elusive (AP)

November 11
- Efficient Cloning Process Still Eludes Scientists (AP)

November 07
- U.N. Postpones Debate on Human Cloning for Two Years (RFE) (Washington Post) (CNS News) (UN Press Release)

November 06
- Human Embryo Patent Ban Being Quietly Debated (Los Angeles Times)
- Drive for Broad UN Cloning Ban Stalling (Reuters)

November 05
- Singapore: Pro-Lifers to Meet Amid Push for Embryonic Research (CNS News)

November 01
- U.S. Campaigning in U.N. for Treaty Against All Forms of Cloning (AP)
- Scientists Call for Better Cloning Research (BBC)

October 30
- Germany Anguishes Over Embryonic Life in Cloning Debate (Agence France-Presse)
- Singapore to Allow Limited Form of Cloning (Agence France-Presse )
- Dolly, The (Deceased) Clone Sheep to go On Display (24 Hour Museum)

October 29
- Canada's Lower House Votes to Allow Use of Embryos in Research (Globe and Mail) (Reuters)

October 28
- Canada: Parliament Set to Vote on Cloning Bill (CBC News)

October 21
- Britain Says Global Cloning Ban Would Wreck Research (The Observer)

October 13
- "First Cloned Human Embryo Ready" (ITV.com)

October 08
- Group Asks World Court to Rule Out Human Cloning (Reuters)

October 07
- Canada: Backbench MP Plots to Block Bill on Cloning (Toronto Star) (CNews)
- German Cloning Clash (The Scientist)

October 03
- Stem Cell Research Funding Limits Discouraging Young Scientists, Experts Say (AP)

September 26
- Researchers Overcome Quirk to Clone Rat (Newsday)

September 22
- Scientists to Call for International Ban on Human Cloning (BBC)

September 18
- Canada: Anti-Cloning Bill in Parliament Likely to Die (CNews)

September 17
- U.S. Plans New Anti-Cloning Push at U.N. (Reuters)
- Interview: Orthodox Church's View on Cloning (Pravda)

September 16
- First Cloned Human Embryo Ready for Implantation (New Scientist) (The Independent)

September 15
- Dolly the Sheep Firm Up for Sale (Reuters)

September 12
- Cloning Secrets Prove Elusive (Knight Ridder)

September 10
- Pig Heart Attacks Raise New Fears About Cloning (Animal News Center)

September 4
- More Clones to Come Says Dolly Creator (Edinburgh News)