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Nature 409, 445 (25 January 2001) | doi:10.1038/35054213

Stem-cell research to start in Britain

David Dickson

British scientists have been given the go-ahead to carry out research on cloned human embryos aimed at the treatment of diseases. Such research — which is likely to remain outlawed in most of the rest of Europe — could now begin in Britain before the end of the year.