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Japan moves towards legal ban on human cloning

1999; BMJ; Volume: 319; Issue: 7222 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.319.7222.1390a

0959-8138

J. Lamar,

Biomedical Ethics and Regulation

Japan moved closer to imposing a legal ban on human cloning when an advisory body to its prime minister, Keizo Obuchi, ruled last week that current guidelines were inadequate. The panel, a subcommittee of the Science and Technology Council, argued that cloning has no positive utility, runs counter to respect for human life, and poses …