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To: RealMuLan who wrote (2518)	1/16/2004 11:56:14 AM
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China outlaws cloning studies for human reproduction research Shanghai. (Interfax-China) - The Chinese government issued a circulation to officially forbid any cloning studies for the purposes of human reproduction research. Cloning studies on human embryo stem cells for the purposes of medical treatments are allowed to continue. The human embryo stem cells should be either residual gamete from external fertilization experiments, embryo cells from miscarriages or abortions, or blastulas from non-reproductive cell migration experiments. The cells can also be obtained through donations, according to the circular jointly issued by the Ministry of Science and the Ministry of Health. The blastulas, which have been used for the cloning studies, cannot be migrated into genital systems of human beings or other animals, the government ruled. Experiments in bonding reproductive cells of human beings with those of other creatures were also outlawed. Trading of human gamete, zygote or fetal tissues is also forbidden. The circular was officially announced following the United Nations' request that each member nation need to set out its own policies for human cloning. The U.N. will vote in November 2004 on an international pact for this issue. China, the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries support cloning studies for the purposes of medical treatment, while countries such as the United States, the Vatican, and Costa Rica have called for a prohibition of any cloning experiments. The circular issued by Chinese authorities also states that test volunteers need to be well informed of any results and risks involved in cloning experiments. interfax.com