EU reaches deal on stem cell research - by Nicholas Watt
European Union science ministers reached a "historic" compromise this afternoon on the highly charged issue of research into stem cells from human embryos.
At the end of a passionate debate, which pitted liberal and conservative countries against each other, Germany dropped its objections and threw its weight behind the compromise. This will allow individual member states to continue to spend money from the EU's £37bn science budget on research into human embryonic stem cells.
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