South Korean Parliament Passes Law Banning Type Of Cloning, Broadening Embryonic Stem Cell Research

South Korea’s Parliament on Friday passed a law that bans inserting human somatic cells — or cells that can form tissues and organs — into animal eggs and allows researchers to use human embryonic stem cells to treat “general” diseases, Agence France-Presse reports. A previous law only allowed embryonic stem cells to be used for research to treat infertility and “rare or incurable” diseases, according to Agence France-Presse.

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Filed under: Stem Cell Research on May 22nd, 2008