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World Service,30 Nov 2001,26 mins

Human Cloning Report under Scrutiny

Science In Action

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Issues around the peer review and online publication of a paper claiming scientists at a biotech company have created a human cloned embryo. Physicists make a breakthrough in studying delicate biological systems in great detail without killing them. Plus, Jurassic footprints discovered in Yorkshire, a new weapon against flu, and a tobacco plant that consumes TNT.

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