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Science 26 September 2003:
Vol. 301. no. 5641, p. 1827
DOI: 10.1126/science.301.5641.1827b
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Scientific academies from more than 60 nations have called on the United Nations to ban human reproductive cloning but bless research on using cloning techniques to obtain embryonic stem cells. Organized by the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP), the 22 September statement says that human cloning should be forbidden for safety and ethical reasons. And basic research should continue, it asserts, although "it remains to be established if cloning for therapeutic purposes will be viable."

IAP co-chair Yves Quéré said he hopes the document will influence a U.N. legal panel that will meet on 29 September to discuss possible action. A U.N. ban would be a mostly symbolic move, but it could influence policy in numerous nations.

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