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Japan says it will allow combined human-animal embryos to be produced through cloning.
Ministers hope the move will lead to transplant organs being produced in specially-bred animals.
Opponents worry that scientists will now be able to produce mixed-species creatures.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who chairs the government's council for science and technology policy, announced the decision.
It means the implanting of human cells into fertilized animal eggs for medical purposes will be allowed.
But the Daily Yomiuri reports that human cloning will be illegal under the guidelines.
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Call me old fashioned, but people are getting carried away doing things that nature never intended.
Japan says it will allow combined human-animal embryos to be produced through cloning.
Ministers hope the move will lead to transplant organs being produced in specially-bred animals.
Opponents worry that scientists will now be able to produce mixed-species creatures.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who chairs the government's council for science and technology policy, announced the decision.
It means the implanting of human cells into fertilized animal eggs for medical purposes will be allowed.
But the Daily Yomiuri reports that human cloning will be illegal under the guidelines.
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Call me old fashioned, but people are getting carried away doing things that nature never intended.