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Nature 410, 293 (15 March 2001) | doi:10.1038/35066707

Trepidation greets plan for cloning humans

Alison Abbott

Fireworks erupted in Rome last week at an international workshop on human and therapeutic cloning as the meeting's organizers clashed with their critics and the press.Held at La Sapienza, Rome's largest university, the workshop attracted as many journalists as scientists, and was attended by few of the established experts in cloning technology.