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Nature Medicine 12, 156 (2006)
Published online: 31 January 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0206-156b

Australia considers changing laws to allow therapeutic cloning

Carina Dennis1

  1. Sydney


Current laws only allow the use of excess embryos.


A government-commissioned review of Australia's stem cell research has recommended changes to the country's laws to allow therapeutic cloning. But experts predict that the final decision is unlikely until the nation's members of parliament vote on the issue later this year.

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