However, any such research, whether on cloned material or not, would require alterations to the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.

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Principal investigator Joe Veverka from Cornell University said the alterations were driven by the process material loss as the comet orbited the Sun.

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Shortly after, SMC, the Japanese industrial giant, sold a similar version in the U.S. It had made a few alterations?eliminating one of the components and using a different material for another part.

FORBES: Me-too patents

Shortly thereafter, Japanese industrial giant SMC Corp. sold a similar version in the U.S. But it made a few alterations eliminating one of the components and using a different material for another part.

FORBES: Me-Too Patents

Shortly after, SMC, the Japanese industrial giant, sold a similar version in the U.S. It had made a few alterations eliminating one of the components and using a different material for another part.

FORBES: Me-too patents