Stem Cell Research Bill Clears Australian Senate

jaunty writes "A private members bill has passed the Australian senate which paves the way for the cloning of embryos to gather stem cells. While it only passed by a narrow margin it is expected to gain support in the House. From the article: 'The final shape of the bill is now subject to further debate on amendments including measures to toughen penalties for breaches of cloning regulations, and possibly a move to stop the use of animal tissue in the cloning process.'"

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Outrageous

[debilo]

I can't believe the submitter used the words "private members" in his summary, thus sending hordes of virgin Slashdotters into a never-ending giggle fit. How utterly irresponsible.

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[someone1234]

"the plan is to insert human DNA into a rabbit's egg. That really is a significant step to be making..." playboy bunnies!!!

Re:Good.

[Fordiman]

Hehe. Still, even a perfect test can be skewed by a population that isn't as balanced as the test is. It helps if the population being tested is honest - and average.

Meanwhile, now I know why the IQ tests I took as a child had spelling errors. Seriously, you kiss your mom with that spell check?