Science over ethics?

Last Modified: 08 Mar 2006
By: Julian Rush

Iran is encouraging stem cell, fertility and even cloning research. But have ethical consequences been damned?

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Over in Washington a bill to allow state funding of stem cell research goes before the Senate today, in the teeth of strong opposition from the religious right.

But here in Iran groundbreaking research is flourishing. Iran's clerics and political leaders actively promote science and technology to help enhance its global status.

But, as our Science Correspondent, Julian Rush, reports, in its dash to embrace advanced technologies, Iran has largely overlooked the ethical and legal consequences and doctors are warning of serious problems ahead.

Viewers may find some images disturbing.