21.   A second company quickly claimed Sunday that it had also cloned human embryos, but in unpublished research.

22.   A second company quickly claimed Sunday it had also cloned human embryos, but in unpublished research.

23.   But some, particularly in Singapore, are open to therapeutic cloning, where embryos are cloned for their stem cells and then destroyed.

24.   But the government has not decided if it will allow embryos to be cloned to produce the cells.

25.   Company researchers say they cloned the embryo by starting with a donated female egg cell.

26.   It also would forbid so-called therapeutic cloning, where embryos are cloned for their stem cells and then destroyed.

27.   Many in the medical community expect lawmakers to allow researchers here to clone human embryos for their stem cells.

28.   The Australian agreement bans therapeutic cloning where a cell from a patient is used to clone an embryo.

29.   The disagreement was over whether scientists should be able to clone human embryos and then use them in their search for cures to diseases.

30.   The National Bioethics Advisory Commission is expected to make final recommendations allowing scientists to clone human embryos for research purposes only.