July 26, 2002

Divided Bioethics Panel Recommends Moratorium on Research Cloning

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

A sharply divided presidential bioethics committee issued a report this month in which a majority of the members favored a four-year moratorium on attempts to create cloned cells for medical research, putting the panel at odds with President Bush, who has favored a permanent ban.

Ten members of the President's Council on Bioethics argued that a moratorium would allow time to improve regulatory oversight and to study moral and scientific controversies surrounding the procedure. Seven

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