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UCSF Acknowledges Tests on Human Cloning

Posted by timothy on from the one-one-one-testing-one-one-one dept.

David_Bloom writes: "The University of California at San Francisco has acknowledged that it has been illegally toying around with human cloning. They had been attempting to create an early-stage human embryo, with the aim of harvesting stem cells for the use to treat patients with disorders such as Parkinson's and heart disease."

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  1. NOT illegal by waytoomuchcoffee · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article states "the controversial procedure that would be banned by legislation now before Congress"