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EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- The Scottish scientist who created the world's first cloned sheep says he plans to seek permission to clone human tissue.

NEW YORK, May 31 (UPI) -- Scientists from four continents prepared Monday for a U.N. gathering in New York this week that aims to ban the cloning of babies.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 21 (UPI) -- Scottish scientists who cloned Dolly the sheep are preparing to clone human embryos, the BBC reported Wednesday.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- The Scottish scientist who led the team that created Dolly the sheep has sparked anger by voicing support for human cloning under certain circumstances.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The key to perfecting techniques of cloning human cells is a rigorous and expensive analysis of why nearly all animal cloning fails, a top scientist says.

Two Cleveland-area teens underestimated police by holding up a local bank using a ticking backpack, the Plain Dealer reports.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 29 (UPI) -- The Scottish government is betting some of its economic chips on the biotech industry -- bets potentially risky based on the volatility of this sector, but also

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 27 (UPI) -- The Scottish government is betting some of its economic chips on the biotech industry --- bets that are potentially risky based on the volatility of this sector, but also bets which might pay large dividends for the economy.