Australia overturns cloning ban
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Australia lifts a ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research, despite strong opposition.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard will allow members of his conservative government a conscience vote on stem cell research, officials said.
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A 'one-in-six-billion miracle' An Australian teenager has been dubbed a "one-in-six-billion miracle" after her blood group changed following a liver transplant, Reuters reports.â¦
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World's first pet cloning service is to offer animal lovers the chance to recreate dead companions
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Great Britainâs best scientists are standing up to American government pressure to get a worldwide ban on all types of human cloning by backing an international campaign against American efforts.
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The White House has reportedly suspended its bid for a UN ban on human cloning, avoiding what was shaping up to be a bruising fight.
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Belgrade, Sep 14 (IPS) - Within a few days of declaring that Darwin's   theory of evolution was being banned from Serbian schools, the  government  has reversed the controversial decision.
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Britain staunchly defended the right to use human embryos for medical research while the Vatican backed a complete ban on human cloning as U.N. members Thursday began two days of debate on the highly contentious issue.
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Britain granted its first license for human cloning Wednesday, joining South Korea on the leading edge of stem cell research, which is restricted by the Bush administration and which many scientists believe may lead to new treatments for a range of diseases.
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An Australian scientist was named to run Californiaâs stem cell research program, filling a vacuum that had threatened to rob the program of recent momentum.
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An Indian doctor briefly accused of links to a UK terror attack wins a court battle to regain his Australian work visa.
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An Australian museum said Tuesday it has abandoned a project to clone a Tasmanian Tiger &#151; the extinct, wolf-like striped creature that carried its young in a pouch.
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The US House of Representatives votes to overturn a ban on aid to overseas groups practicing abortion.
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&quot;It is clear that if the UN bans all forms of human cloning, the UK, and other countries which currently permit carefully regulated therapeutic cloning, will not sign up to it.
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The United Nations abandons efforts to ban all cloning and opts for a non-binding resolution. It's a blow to President Bush's efforts to push a ban and a victory for embryonic stem cell researchers. By Kristen Philipkoski
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Australia's House of Representatives voted Wednesday to lift a ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research, the bill's last hurdle before becoming law.
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Swiss voters have overwhelmingly approved limited stem cell research using human embryos, but ruled out cloning. Two-thirds of Swiss voters participating in a referendum Sunday affirmed a law passed by the Swiss parliament last year.