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The New England Journal of Medicine released several papers Monday defending the use of cloning technology for research. "To inform the current national debate on cloning, the ... articles have been released early. They will appear in the May 16 issue of the Journal. " "The main reason for the publication is widespread misunderstanding about why scientists want to pursue research using early-stage cloned human embryos," said Dr. Irving Weissman, author of one of the papers and a stem cell researcher at Stanford." The articles are available on the NEJM web site at: http://nejm.org/earlyrelease/index2.asp And include: --Sounding Board: Stem Cells — Scientific, Medical, and Political Issues I.L. Weissman --Sounding Board: European Perspectives on Therapeutic Cloning K. Evers --Legal Issues in Medicine: Cloning and the U.S. Congress G.J. Annas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn