NCBC: Associated Press Posts Correction

Associated Press Posts Correction

The following was received from the Associated Press as a correction to their story which appeared earlier in the day mentioning that Pope Benedict XVI had supported so-called "therapeutic cloning." The NCBC appreciates the correction made by the Associated Press and prints the text of the correction here:

Date: 10/12/2007 06:04 PM

Correction: Pope-South Korea stem cells story
By The Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP) _ In an Oct. 11 story about papal reaction to embryonic stem cell research in South Korea, The Associated Press erroneously described a type of stem-cell research supported by Pope Benedict XVI. Benedict said he supported and encouraged "somatic stem-cell research," also known as adult stem-cell research, which involves stem cells that are not derived from embryos. The pope did not say he supported somatic cell nuclear transfer, also known as "therapeutic cloning," which uses human eggs specifically for research from which stem cells are harvested. The Vatican opposes such research.