Long-standing debates about the ethics of cloning erupted after the recent "Dolly" breakthrough. Cloning: For and Against gathers together a wide array of scientists', legal experts', and ethicists' thoughts on the matter. A lucid introduction offers readers an essential overview, and the editors even-handedly represent all sides of this controversial subject.
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Although there had been several previous waves of interest in cloning, reports in 1997 that Dr. Ian Wilmut had cloned an adult sheep from one of its adult cells unleashed a storm of new controversy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
embryo cell nuclear transfer, somatic cell cloning, cloning policy, capture silk, biomedical groups, human cloning research, banning human cloning, cloning ban, somatic cell nuclear transfer, cloning lab, embryo splitting, nuclear transfer technology, cow eggs, cloning human beings, cloned cell, voluntary moratorium, human clone, mammary cell, cloning technology, sheep cloned, adult cell Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
President Clinton, Ian Wilmut, National Bioethics Advisory Commission, United States, Richard Seed, National Review, New York Times, Roslin Institute, National Institutes of Health, Vincent Kiernan, Charles Krauthammer, Michael Jordan, Nobel Prize, Old Testament, The Boys, Advanced Cell Technology, Bill Clinton, Chronicle of Higher Education, Congressional Record, George Washington University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, New Jersey, Robert Winston, Roman Catholic, Senator Bond New!
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Although there had been several previous waves of interest in cloning, reports in 1997 that Dr. Ian Wilmut had cloned an adult sheep from one of its adult cells unleashed a storm of new controversy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
embryo cell nuclear transfer, somatic cell cloning, cloning policy, capture silk, biomedical groups, human cloning research, banning human cloning, cloning ban, somatic cell nuclear transfer, cloning lab, embryo splitting, nuclear transfer technology, cow eggs, cloning human beings, cloned cell, voluntary moratorium, human clone, mammary cell, cloning technology, sheep cloned, adult cell Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
President Clinton, Ian Wilmut, National Bioethics Advisory Commission, United States, Richard Seed, National Review, New York Times, Roslin Institute, National Institutes of Health, Vincent Kiernan, Charles Krauthammer, Michael Jordan, Nobel Prize, Old Testament, The Boys, Advanced Cell Technology, Bill Clinton, Chronicle of Higher Education, Congressional Record, George Washington University, Kennedy Institute of Ethics, New Jersey, Robert Winston, Roman Catholic, Senator Bond New!
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- Fabricated Man: The Ethics of Genetic Control (Yale Fastbacks) by Paul Ramsey on page 137, and page 162
- Remaking Eden by Lee M. Silver on page 59, and page 98
- Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin on page 197, and page 208
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley on page 146, and page 235
- Bill Clinton: The Inside Story by Robert E. Levin on page 198
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- How Safe Is Safe Enough?: Obligations to the Children of Reproductive Technology by Philip G. Peters Jr. on 4 pages
- The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule by Michael Shermer in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense by Michael Shermer in Back Matter
- On Cloning (Thinking in Action) by John Harris in Back Matter
- Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed by Pete Shanks on page 75
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