Stanford University announced yesterday it would create an institute to develop medical therapies from human embryonic stem cells, the promising but controversy-laden cells found inside human embryos.

SEATTLE - In a clash of politics and science, the first successful cloning of a human embryo - and the extraction of stem cells from it - has ignited new calls for a ban on all forms of human cloning ...

An entirely appropriate stew of scientific vexation and mortification has accompanied revelations that the incredible Korean achievements in human embryonic cloning and stem cell research are exactly ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — A new bill has been introduced in the Alabama Legislature that would classify human cloning as a felony. HB380, introduced by Rep. Phillip Rigsby, R-Huntsville, classifies ...

Harvard-affiliated researchers said today they have begun efforts to create stem cells by cloning human embryos, joining the race among a small group of scientists in this controversial pursuit. The ...

The British parliament has voted to allow the cloning of human embryos, despite a united appeal by the country’s religious leaders urging delay. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the two most senior Roman ...

WASHINGTON -- The announcement by a U.S. company that it has cloned a human embryo for the first time has set off a heated debate on the ethics of the research, with the company on Monday staunchly ...

A Dec. 26 front-page article about human cloning legislation incorrectly reported the location of a recent meeting between Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) and representatives of a Massachusetts biotech ...