Biotechnology: Cloning (31)
Sites:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Policy Brief: Human Cloning
- A summary of the human
cloning issue, and a collection
of links to useful web resources,
including information from
the media, and groups on
all sides of the debate.
- Americans to Ban Cloning - Group of Americans
promoting a global, comprehensive
ban on human cloning.
- Clonaid
- Offers to clone humans.
- Clone
Rights United Front
- Activist organization
protecting the right to
human cloning.
- Clone World - A look at cloning technology from
all directions. [In English
and Japanese]
- Cloned embryos 'could treat leukaemia' - Human
tissue could be cloned to
help children with leukaemia,
a scientist predicts. [BBC
News]
- Cloning and Stem Cells: A Special Report - A collection
of news articles and features
on Cloning and Stem Cells
from New Scientist magazine
and NewScientist.com
- Cloning Law and Policy at UPenn - Extensive bibliography
on cloning law and policy;
media coverage and analysis;
and details of state, federal
and international laws on
cloning.
- Cloning Report - Coverage by the Washington Post.
- Cloning--Are Humans Next? - Human cloning facts,
issues, and questions, from
World Book.
- Cloning--Slouching Towards Creation - Multimedia
site from Time Magazine
highlights the announcement
of Dolly, with the look
at the procedure, ethics,
and future of cloning technology.
- Dolly cloning method patented - The first patents
for cloning have been issued
to the researchers who created
Dolly the sheep. [BBC News]
- Ethicists Query Dolly Patents - The issuing of
the first patents for cloning
have fueled the debate over
the "ownership" of important
medical technologies. [BBC
News]
- Genetic Engineering and Cloning - Gives information
and debate positions, both
for and against.
- Genomics Issues: Cloning - Resources, articles
and books on the science,
research, applications,
and public policy of cloning
- from the Pharmaceutical
Research & Manufacturers
of America.
- Hello
Dolly! - An entertaining
and informative look at
the science behind Dolly,
from the Why Files at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- HowStuffWorks: How Cloning Works - Describes cloning
and how it is possible to
save endangered species
through cloning.
- HowStuffWorks: How Human Cloning Will Work - Describes
the process that could be
used to clone humans, why
some want to clone themselves
and the controversy surrounding
cloning. Also discusses
therapeutic cloning.
- Human Cloning - Covers data on human cloning plus
news updates, and full text
of The Genetic Revolution
by Dr. Patrick Dixon.
- PPL
Therapeutics - The Edinburgh-based
company that cloned Dolly
the Sheep as well as 5 cloned
piglets.
- The Reproductive Cloning Network - Resources,
links and scientific information
on vertebrate, mammalian
and human reproductive cloning.
- Sammon Says - Pro and Cons of Cloning - Raises
questions about social impact
if full cloning existed.
- Scientists Produce Five Pig Clones - The first
pig clones are created,
bringing the transplantation
of animal organs into humans
much closer. [BBC News]
- Stem
Cells & Cloning Club
(SCCC) - Includes news,
ethics, politics, investments,
media, culture, and discussion
forum.
- First Dolly -- Now Dotcom - Scientists in Britain
say they have produced the
world's first cloned pigs.
[CBC Canada]
- Cloning Technology Progresses Despite Controversy
- A review of cloning news
concerning science and public
policy, three years after
the cloning of Dolly. [CNN]
- Researchers Clone Monkey by Splitting Embryo -
Oregon researchers say they
have cloned a monkey by
splitting an early-stage
embryo and implanting the
pieces into mother animals.
[CNN]
- Dolly's Legacy - Nuclear transfer--used to clone
Dolly--may help scientists
develop more potent stem-cell
therapies. [Scientific American]
- Cloning in Science Fiction - Brief overview of
cloning in the science fiction
literature and how it is
portrayed. [Gene Letter]
- Send in the Clones - Using a new technique, scientists
have cloned clones from
clones. [Scientific American]
- Post-Clone Consciousness - Jessica Matthews looks
at the realities of cloning
after the dust has settled
after the Dolly announcement.
[Washington Post]
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