Access

News

Nature 406, 815 (24 August 2000) | doi:10.1038/35022715

... but Germany remains unmoved

Quirin Schiermeier

Britain's support for research on cloned stem cells from human embryos (see above) presents Germany with a dilemma. Although neither politicians nor research organizations are seeking changes to Germany's restrictive embryo-protection law, both know the implications of such research taking place in a nearby country.