
Tochigi prefecture, Japan, 2 August 2005: Stem cell research has taken a new meaning with scientists successfully genetically engineered a crop of babies by splicing together human DNA with genetically modified Sunflowers ...
Earlier attempts at using cabbage patches were halted due to fears that the children would be labelled after a previously popular doll ...
... increasingly worried about declining birth rates, the Japanese government first approved experimentation in 1998 and, following the success of the first crop, full scale planting is expected next summer ... more
