Britain to confront US. over cloning ban.
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:50 am
The scientific world was split by an ethical row over cloning last night.
The US wants a worldwide ban on all types of the controversial technique because of religious objections.
But Britain's leading scientists have banded together with many other countries to thwart the move.
The Royal Society agrees cloning to produce full-grown babies should be outlawed but argues that cloning for medical research should be allowed to continue.
Many British scientists believe 'therapeutic cloning' of embryos is one of the great hopes of medicine and may yield cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's,Parkinson's and diabetes.
The birth of a cloned baby would cross one of the most fundamental boundaries in science.
A few rogue scientists have already claimed to have achieved it, but have never provided and proof. They include Dr Zavos,Italian professor Severino Antinori and the so-called Raelian cult.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk
The US wants a worldwide ban on all types of the controversial technique because of religious objections.
But Britain's leading scientists have banded together with many other countries to thwart the move.
The Royal Society agrees cloning to produce full-grown babies should be outlawed but argues that cloning for medical research should be allowed to continue.
Many British scientists believe 'therapeutic cloning' of embryos is one of the great hopes of medicine and may yield cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's,Parkinson's and diabetes.
The birth of a cloned baby would cross one of the most fundamental boundaries in science.
A few rogue scientists have already claimed to have achieved it, but have never provided and proof. They include Dr Zavos,Italian professor Severino Antinori and the so-called Raelian cult.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk