S'pore posts biotech Web site

S'pore posts biotech Web site

SINGAPORE (AP): Singapore posted a new Web site on Wednesday
to inform the public about cloning and stem cells and to address
the ethical, legal and social issues which can arise from medical
research.

The government-appointed Bioethics Advisory Committee set up
the site, which defines terms commonly used in medical research
and answers frequently asked questions about topics such as stem
cells.

The bioethics committee was set up in December 2000 to develop
guidelines for researchers in the high-tech city-state.

Singapore has said it wants to become a "life sciences" hub in
Asia.

Ariff Bongso, a researcher at a Singapore lab working with
embryonic stem cells, recently said he hopes to develop a stem
cell production facility "to supply scientists from all over the
world."