April 11, 2014
Journal of Medical Ethics (Volume 40, No. 4, April 2014) is now available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Freedom and moral enhancement” by Michael J Selgelid “The duty to be Well-informed: The case of depression” by Charlotte Blease “Approaches to … Read More
March 28, 2014
(Los Angeles Times) – In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature, researchers said they had successfully generated embryonic stem cells using fertilized mouse embryos — a feat that many scientists had thought was impossible. In a paper published … Read More
January 22, 2014
As readers will see, the article is not a show of support for Hwang’s research. Nor is it an attack. It is the story of a rare event: a scientist attempting with some success to dig himself out from the … Read More
January 15, 2014
If the stain cannot be washed away, perhaps it can be stamped out of memory by hundreds of paws and hooves. With private funding from steadfast fans, Hwang opened Sooam in July 2006. He has since cloned hundreds of animals … Read More
October 31, 2013
Here’s a look at what you need to know about cloning, a process of creating an identical copy of an original. (CNN)
October 24, 2013
British dog owners are to be given the chance to clone their pet by a company which claims to have already recreated dozens of prized canines in the U.S. (The Telegraph)
August 26, 2013
Spending $31,000 for one of John Lennon’s teeth in 2011 was only the start of Michael Zuk’s strange behavior: The Canadian dentist wants to clone the late Beatles legend, and his mad-scientist plan to do so is moving forward. (Time)
August 2, 2013
France’s top court approved a law on Thursday making it easier to conduct research on human embryos and stem cells as long as strict rules are followed to prevent cloning. (Chicago Tribune)
July 12, 2013
In the risky field of synthetic biology, it’s the amateurs who are behaving responsibly. (The Telegraph)
June 27, 2013
Circulating blood cells collected from the tail of a donor mouse were used to produce the clone, a team at the Riken BioResource Center reports in the journal Biology of Reproduction. The female mouse lived a normal lifespan and could … Read More
June 13, 2013
Recent developments have rekindled the ethical debate over human cloning. This is no time for complacency, caution Martin Pera and Alan Trounson. (Nature, by subscription only)
June 4, 2013
The announcement last month of a long-awaited breakthrough in stem-cell research — the creation of stem-cell lines from a cloned human embryo — has revived interest in using embryonic stem cells to treat disease. But US regulations mean that many … Read More
June 4, 2013
Puppy lovers in the United Kingdom may soon get a chance to extend their dog years, thanks to an odd new contest: A South Korean company wants to clone the most beloved U.K. pooch — again raising ethical questions about … Read More
May 30, 2013
Altered Nuclear Transfer (ANT), like Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (cloning), utilizes the nucleus of a somatic cell, to swap into that of a human egg in order ultimately to generate patient specific pluripotent stem cells. But in the ANT process, … Read More
May 23, 2013
A blockbuster paper that reported the creation of human stem cell lines via cloning has come under fire. An anonymous online commenter found four problems in the paper, which was published online 15 May in the journal Cell. (Nature)
May 16, 2013
It was hailed some 15 years ago as the great hope for a biomedical revolution: the use of cloning techniques to create perfectly matched tissues that would someday cure ailments ranging from diabetes to Parkinson’s disease. Since then, the approach … Read More
May 16, 2013
Scientists have used cloning technology to transform human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, an experiment that may revive the controversy over human cloning. The researchers stopped well short of creating a human clone. But they showed, for the first … Read More
March 7, 2013
At some point in the next decade, if advances in biotechnology continue on their current path, clones of extinct species such as the passenger pigeon, Tasmanian tiger and wooly mammoth could once again live among us. (Scientific American)
January 23, 2013
A scientist has said it would be possible to clone a Neanderthal baby from ancient DNA if he could find a woman willing to act as a surrogate. (The Telegraph)
December 19, 2012
Parents who lose children in accidents may be able to clone ‘copies’ to replace them within 50 years, a British scientist who won this year’s Nobel prize for medicine predicted. (The Telegraph)
October 29, 2012
A dystopian society supported by genetically modified clone workers stands out among the six stories that make up the sprawling film “Cloud Atlas.” The idea may seem far-fetched because of political opposition to human cloning and genetic modification in today’s … Read More
October 12, 2012
Keith Campbell, a prominent biologist who worked on cloning Dolly the sheep, has died at 58, the University of Nottingham said Thursday. (Huffington Post)
September 25, 2012
A South Korean private bioengineering laboratory led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Monday it is stepping up efforts to make progress in cloning an extinct woolly mammoth. (The Korea Herarld)
September 10, 2012
The cloning of Dolly the sheep was a remarkable demonstration of the oocyte’s ability to reprogram a specialized nucleus. However, embryos derived from such somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) very rarely result in live births—a fate that may be linked … Read More
September 23, 2011
The United States has mandated a permanent ban in issuing patents on human embryos. President Barack Obama signed the prohibition into law Sept. 16 as part of a patent reform measure titled the “America Invents Act.” (Christian Post)
