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Nature Medicine 13, 5 (2007)
Published online: 28 December 2006 | doi:10.1038/nm0107-5b

Australia embraces cloning research

Simon Grose1

  1. Canberra


Scientists welcome the change in policy.


Australian scientists will be able to apply for a license to undertake therapeutic cloning research from mid-2007.On 6 December, Australia's House of Representatives voted 82 to 62 in favor of a bill legalizing the creation of human embryos by somatic cell nuclear transfer and the harvesting of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.

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