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Nature 405, 882 (22 June 2000) | doi:10.1038/35016258
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- Department of Biochemistry, Okayama University Dental School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama City 700-8525, Japan
According to Robert Triendl's News report (Nature 404, 321; 2000), reimplantation of human clones will probably continue to be prohibited in Japan, whereas experimentation into establishing human embryonic stem (ES) cells may be allowed. On 17 December 1999, the cloning subcommittee (chaired by Yoshio Okada) of the Council for Science and Technology's bioethics panel concluded that human cloning should be restricted by law.
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