The description 'somatic-cell nuclear transfer' is the term used in the USA.

Reply to House of Lords Written Parliamentary Question, 24 June 1999, col 106.

Baroness Hayman, House of Lords debate on Human Embryos and Cloning, 28 April 1999, col 350.

Cloning Issues in Reproduction, Science and Medicine, December 1998, para 5.9.

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

See Internet site conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/Treaties/Html/168.htm for the Protocol on Cloning.

See reports in The Times, 11 May 1999 and Daily Mail, 27 May 1999.

For instance, see The Lancet, Vol 353, 1 May 1999, p1489-1491.

Therapeutic Cloning: Needs and Prospects, Kind A and Colman A, Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, Vol 10, 1999, p283.

Ibid, p282.

These questions are discussed in more detail in CARE's submission to the Chief Medical Officer, October 1999.

Reported in The Independent, 31 August 1999, British Medical Journal, 4 September 1999, Vol 319, p593 and New Scientist, 4 September 1999.

For more information on the scientific developments see the statement On Human Embryos and Medical Research: An Appeal for Legally and Ethically Responsible Science and Public Policy, 1 July 1999, at www.stemcellresearch.org or from CARE.

British Medical Journal, 30 January 1999, Vol 318, p282.

Stem Cell Research: Medical Progress with Responsibility, Department of Health, June 2000.

Government Response to the Recommendations Made in the Chief Medical Officer's Expert Group Report, Department of Health, August 2000, CM4833, p1.