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<DIV><FONT size=2>Ahead of a UN debate in October, science academies support
therapeutic cloning </FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040831/02">http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20040831/02</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The United
Nations (UN) General Assembly is expected to revisit the vexed issue of a
convention on human cloning this fall, with a vote tentatively scheduled for
October 21–22."</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>"The UN's debates on cloning in the recent years have been marked by bitter
division, <A href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20021001/05/"
target=_blank>fundamental disagreements</A>, and wrangling. Last year, countries
rallied around <A href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031210/05/"
target=_blank>two proposals</A>—one from Costa Rica, supported by the United
States, which called for a total ban, and another tabled by Belgium, which urged
a ban on reproductive, but not therapeutic, cloning."</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Brett Paatsch</FONT></DIV>
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