Scientific and Ethical Questions Cloud Plans to Clone for Therapy. Andrew Pollack.
by Pollack, Andrew; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 8Human Relations. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Bioethics | Embryonic stem cells | Ethics | Human cloning | Human cloning -- Moral and ethical aspects | Human embryo | Human reproduction | Medicine -- Research | Scientists -- Korea (South) | Therapeutic cloning | Therapeutics -- ResearchDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In cloning human embryos and extracting universal stem cells, scientists in South Korea have taken a big step toward a tantalizing goal: growing tailor-made replacement tissues for people who are sick or injured....But significant scientific barriers lie between this accomplishment and any actual therapy, experts say. Moreover, ethical objections have put such research off-limits to some scientists--including the many in the United States who rely on federal money." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses how the debate over the moral and ethical aspects of cloning has been reignited after South Korean scientists accomplished a major step toward therapeutic cloning.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Scientific and Ethical Questions Cloud Plans to Clone for Therapy, Feb. 13, 2004; pp. A1+.
"In cloning human embryos and extracting universal stem cells, scientists in South Korea have taken a big step toward a tantalizing goal: growing tailor-made replacement tissues for people who are sick or injured....But significant scientific barriers lie between this accomplishment and any actual therapy, experts say. Moreover, ethical objections have put such research off-limits to some scientists--including the many in the United States who rely on federal money." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article discusses how the debate over the moral and ethical aspects of cloning has been reignited after South Korean scientists accomplished a major step toward therapeutic cloning.
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