Australia ends ban on stem cell cloning
December 6, 2006
[JURIST] The Australian Parliament [official website] Wednesday voted to lift restrictions on stem cell research and permit the therapeutic cloning of human embryos. Members of the House of Representatives voted 82-62 in favor of lifting the previous ther....... [more] 
Australian Senate lifts therapeutic cloning ban
November 7, 2006
[JURIST] The Australian Senate [official website] voted Tuesday to lift restrictions on stem cell research and permit the therapeutic cloning of human embryos. By a 34-32 vote, lawmakers approved the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the R....... [more]
South Korea cloning scientist sues for academic reinstatement
November 6, 2006
[JURIST] South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk [BBC profile] has filed a lawsuit seeking reinstatement to his former position as a university professor, arguing that he should not have been fired in response to fraud, embezzlement, and bioethics ch....... [more]
Trial begins for South Korea cloning scientist
June 20, 2006
[JURIST] South Korean cloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk [BBC profile] and five colleagues went on trial Tuesday, with prosecutors calling for harsh punishment and defense lawyers responding that criminal penalties are inappropriate for academic fraud. Prose....... [more]
South Korea prosecutors file criminal charges against disgraced cloning scientist
May 12, 2006
[JURIST] South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk [BBC profile] was indicted Friday on charges [JURIST report] of fraud, embezzling research funds and breaching bioethics laws. Hwang announced in 2005 that his research team had created patient-specific stem c....... [more]
South Korea prosecutors eye charges against disgraced cloning pioneer
January 10, 2006
[JURIST] South Korean prosecutors said Tuesday that they will open a criminal investigation into South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-Suk [BBC profile], a day after an investigation concluded that Hwang's acclaimed research on stem cells was fake. Reports sug....... [more]
Wisconsin governor vetoes human cloning ban
November 4, 2005
[JURIST] Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle [official website] on Thursday vetoed a ban on human cloning [PDF bill text]. Doyle promised a veto [JURIST report] in September after the bill passed in the state assembly [JURIST report] and senate. In a statement [....... [more]
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