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Published online 24 October 2007 | Nature 449, 955 (2007) | doi:10.1038/449955a
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Italian bioethics committee in uproar
Internal conflict hampers debate on stem cells.
Stem-cell researchers in Italy are worried that a shake-up of the country's bioethics advisory body could hinder a balanced representation of their ethical position on embryonic stem-cell research.
Members of the National Bioethics Committee are nominated directly by the Italian prime minister, and have in the past been predominantly Catholic.
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