21. General Term: Cloning
Cloning The
technique of producing a genetically identical duplicate of an organism. A clone
is said to be all descendants derived asexually from a single individual.
It involves the process of taking the nucleus of a somatic cell
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22. Faith and Reason Topic: Francis Collins on Human Cloning
Francis Collins on Human Cloning
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23. Interview: 'Faith and Reason' Transcript
as fully human? Would cloning lower the value of human life?
After the announcement of Dolly, President Clinton called for a ban on all scientific and medical research into human cloning.
PRESIDENT CLINTON: Banning human cloning reflects
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24. Intro Topic: Genetics
medical research into human cloning, and in February
1998 Senator William Frist introduced into the US Senate a bill that would make
human cloning illegal. Even some scientists are concerned about human cloning,
including Dr. Collins. While
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25. Stem Cell Topic: The Stem Cell Debate: Ethical Questions
for the year 1997 was the cloning controversy, the public debate over
cloning human beings. Ian Wilmut, the laboratory midwife to the world famous
sheep, Dolly , never intended to clone a human being. He still opposes the idea.
Almost everyone
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26. Maddox Bibliography Topic: 3. Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering
Perspective on Genetics and Cloning . Leicester, Eng.:
InterVarsity, 2004.
Burgess, John P. In Whose Image? Faith, Science and
the New Genetics . Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 1998.
Cahill, Lisa. Genetics, Theology, and Ethics: An
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27. Genetics Topic: Ronald Cole-Turner
in mind here reproductive cloning. I have in mind here pre-implantation
genetic diagnosis, something that is already being done. In each of these, with
the exception of cloning, there are quite possibly great benefits, but there
are assuredly
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28. Biography: James Robl
that is used today for cloning in cattle, and other species, and
his laboratory was the first to produce calves from genetically modified somatic
cells .
Implications of
Animal Cloning Experiments for the Potential
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29. Genetics Topic: Overcoming Preconception Relating to Assisted Reproductive T...
Implications of Animal Cloning Experiments for the Potential Cloning of Human Beings
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30. Interview: Francis Collins
What about the issue of cloning ?
DR. COLLINS: Human cloning, I think, gets right to the heart of people's concerns about how biotechnology is going
to change us and our view of ourselves. And I share that. I think, before we get deeply into
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