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Bioethics
Human embryo cloning prohibited in Hong Kong
February 16th, 2006
Human embryo cloning is prohibited in Hong Kong. According to a recent report from People's Republic of China, "Since the birth of Dolly (the cloned sheep) in 1997, debates have arisen on the ethical and legal questions of cloning-for-biomedical-research (more commonly termed 'therapeutic cloning') and of reproductive cloning using human gametes. Hong Kong enacted the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance (Cap 561) in 2000." "Section 15(1)(e) of this Ordinance prohibits the 'replacing of the nucleus of a cell of an embryo with a nucleus taken from any other cell,' i.e., nucleus substitution. "Section 15(1)(f) prohibits the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-16)
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