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Science 27 January 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5760, p. 453
DOI: 10.1126/science.311.5760.453b
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A Missouri judge last week ruled that stem cell advocates could begin collecting signatures for a ballot initiative that would explicitly permit research cloning, or somatic cell nuclear transfer, to generate human embryonic stem cells. The proposal would also outlaw reproductive cloning. Opponents called the proposed ballot language "misleading," but a Cole County judge called the wording "fair." The pro-research initiative must garner 150,000 signatures by 9 May to earn a fall ballot spot.

In the meantime, Republican state Senator Matt Bartle plans to introduce a bill banning the creation of a "human being" in any way other than through union of sperm and egg.




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