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3 Mo. museums offer stem cell exhibits
AP   Tuesday, 26 September 2006
AP - The state's three largest science museums are offering an identical exhibit discussing the scientific view of early stem cell research, just weeks before Missourians vote on a proposal to protect such research in the state.
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Stem cells made from 'dead' human embryo
AP   Saturday, 23 September 2006

An eight-cell embryo is shown three days after insemination in this undated Eastern Virginia Medical School handout.(AP Photo/Eastern Virginia Medical School, FILE)AP - Scientists say they have created a stem cell line from a human embryo that had stopped developing naturally, and so was considered dead. Using such embryos might ease ethical concerns about creating such cells, they suggested.


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New stem cell approach reported
AP   Saturday, 23 September 2006

Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval Patrick, left, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., listen during a roundtable discussion at the University of Massachusetts, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2006, in Boston. Patrick and Kerry joined administrators and students from UMass-Boston for a roundtable discussion of funding for public higher education and stem cell research. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)AP - Scientists say they have created a stem cell line from a human embryo that had stopped developing naturally, and so was considered dead. Using such embryos might ease ethical concerns about creating such cells, they suggested.


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Tainted GMO rice found in Netherlands, Belgium: EU
Reuters   Thursday, 21 September 2006
Reuters - Two shipments of U.S. rice held in the Netherlands and Belgium have tested positive for a strain of unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice, the European Commission said on Thursday.
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Rice farmers hold tight to crop after GMO woes
Reuters   Wednesday, 20 September 2006
Reuters - U.S. farmers are keeping a tight hold on their freshly harvested rice crop, waiting for prices to recover after an unapproved biotech variety was found in regular supplies, trade sources said.
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S.Korea's Hwang likely knew of fraud, court told
Reuters   Tuesday, 19 September 2006
Reuters - Co-defendants of Hwang Woo-suk told a Seoul court on Tuesday the disgraced stem cell scientist was likely aware of research fraud but they were too intimidated by their highly praised mentor to correct mistakes.
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$12.5 million in "genius" grants for lucky 25
Reuters   Tuesday, 19 September 2006
Reuters - Twenty-five people who turned their outside-the-box intellects loose on subjects as disparate as the jazz violin and stem cell research were named on Tuesday as winners of $500,000 unrestricted "genius grants."
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EU ministers deadlocked over GMO rapeseed imports
Reuters   Monday, 18 September 2006
Reuters - EU farm ministers fell short of a consensus agreement on Monday to allow imports of various genetically modified (GMO) rapeseed types, again revealing their deep differences on biotech crops and foods, officials said.
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Spanish set to allow therapeutic cloning
Reuters   Saturday, 16 September 2006
Reuters - Spain is set to become one of only a handful of countries to approve therapeutic cloning, despite opposition from the Catholic Church.
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EU experts to debate approving GMO carnation import
Reuters   Friday, 15 September 2006
Reuters - EU biotech experts will debate next week whether to allow imports of carnations whose color has been genetically modified, possibly the first new approval of a GMO plant in eight years, officials said on Friday.
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GMO rice strain unlikely to pose health risk
Reuters   Friday, 15 September 2006
Reuters - Europe's leading food safety agency advised consumers on Friday that eating rice with trace amounts of an unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) strain was unlikely to pose a health risk to humans or animals.
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