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Science 8 December 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5498, p. 1872
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5498.1872
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JAPAN:
Human Cloning Ban Allows Some Research

Dennis Normile

TOKYO--Japanese legislators last week approved a ban on human cloning that leaves room for the use of certain techniques in basic research. The action comes at the same time officials in two other countries--China and France--aired similar proposals that would prohibit so-called reproductive cloning while recognizing the possible importance of the technology in combating disease and improving human health.

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