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Published online 21 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050221-3
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UN committee approves cloning ban
Non-binding measure goes to general assembly for final vote.
After three years of deadlock, a United Nations legal committee has recommended that member nations should be urged to ban all forms of human cloning. The decision undermines efforts to develop medical treatments with stem cells, scientists say.
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