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Published online 14 October 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041011-10

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UN to debate human cloning

Bush-Kerry election race adds heat to discussion.

Members of the United Nations are gearing up to debate a highly contentious issue: whether to introduce an international ban on human cloning.

In the build-up to the debate, a group of patient and medical research advocates yesterday pleaded with UN delegates not to forbid the cloning of human embryos for medical research.

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