UN stalls on human cloning
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The United Nations postponed again a controversial vote on the issue of therapeutic cloning of human stem cells, hampering the widely supported opposition to reproductive cloning but many countries are developing their own legislation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 14 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004