UN backs off 'rush vote' on human cloning
The United Nations has agreed to put off a decision on a global ban on human cloning for one year – but not two, as had been suggested .
View ArticleStorm over Mexican cloning ban
Mexico's leading scientific organisations are protesting the decision of the country’s parliament to ban human cloning for research purposes.
View ArticleNew Chinese rules permit cloning for research
The Chinese government has formalised its approval of 'therapeutic human cloning' for research purposes.
View ArticleCosta Rica leads campaign against human cloning
The Costa Rican government is stepping up its global campaign to ban all forms of human cloning.
View ArticleTherapeutic cloning may be banned in Brazil
Scientists are protesting about draft legislation approved by Brazil's Chamber of Deputies to regulate both GM crops and human cloning.
View ArticlePanama allows therapeutic cloning
Panama has become the only country in Central America to pass a law permitting cloning for health research purposes.
View ArticleArab states consider total ban on human cloning
Arab countries are discussing a regional ban on human cloning for both reproductive and 'therapeutic' purposes.
View ArticleBrazil delays GM crops and cloning bill
As Brazil delays creating a 'biosafety' law covering human cloning and GM crops, defiant farmers say they will sow GM seeds regardless of the legal outcome.
View ArticleBrazilian Senate approves biosafety law
After controversies and delays, Brazil's Senate has approved a broad bill that includes legislation covering human cloning and GM crops.
View ArticleUN delays vote on cloning ban — again
Disagreements between nations about reproductive and therapeutic cloning have led the UN to defer a vote on a total cloning ban once again.
View ArticleUN drops proposed cloning ban
Moves to ban human cloning worldwide have stalled as the UN drops plans for an international treaty covering the practice.
View ArticleMuslim states urged to back therapeutic cloning
The Muslim world's first proposed code of medical and health ethics would approve human cloning for therapeutic but not reproductive purposes.
View ArticleUN to 'recommend' national bans on human cloning
A divided UN committee has approved a recommendation that governments should consider banning all forms of human cloning.
View ArticleUN suggests countries ban all forms of human cloning
The United Nations member states have voted in favour of a non-binding declaration calling for a total ban on all forms of human cloning.
View ArticleAsia plans stem-cell boom
Regional collaboration will be key to Asian plans to dominate stem-cell research and cloning technology, a conference in Thailand has heard.
View ArticleBrazil postpone decision on stem cell research
The Brazilian Federal Supreme Tribunal has postponed the decision on whether embryonic stem cells can be used in research.
View ArticleSouth Asia News in brief: 1–15 March 2008
A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.
View ArticleBrazil says yes to stem cell research — again
Brazil has voted by a narrow margin to uphold legislation for research on embryonic stem cells.
View ArticleBrazil to establish national stem cell centre
Brazil will set up a centre for stem cell research, and researchers have said they can make stem cells from a source less controversial than embryos.
View ArticleReporting embryonic stem cell science
Luisa Massarani offers tips on how to navigate your way through the highly controversial world of embryonic stem cell research.
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