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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8267

1 August 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/research
Fifteen to postpone funding of stem cell research

Brussels, 31/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to sources close to the Danish EU Presidency, the Member States, which are very divided over the matter, are likely to decide to postpone funding for the highly controversial human embryo and stem cell research. In May, the European Parliament approved the budget of the sixth framework programme for the period 2003-2006, but the question of financing research on aborted embryos and those left over from in-vitro fertilisation could block the...

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