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THE CLONE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE.

Authors :
Boyce, Nell
Source :
U.S. News & World Report. 2/23/2004, Vol. 136 Issue 7, p40-43. 4p. 5 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

Focuses on cloning, the outlook for human cloning, and "therapeutic cloning". The view of Shin Yong Moon of Seoul National University about reproductive cloning; Timeline on cloning from the July 1996 birth of the sheep, Dolly, to February 2004 when a South Korean group reveals they have cloned human embryos; Concern about regulating the procedure; The limited ban on human cloning in South Korea; Details of the research led by Woo Suk Hwang in South Korea, which extracted stem cells from a cloned embryo; Discussion of why the Korean team was successful; Benefits of cloning research; The role of Jose Cibelli, a cloning expert at Michigan State University, in the Korean study; The ban on this kind of embryo research in the United States; Concern that Hwang's embryos will be put in a woman's womb; Comments from various researchers.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00415537
Volume :
136
Issue :
7
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
U.S. News & World Report
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
12260803