January 6, 2010
Many expect organ cloning could be routine by 2020
It may still seem to be in the realm of science fiction, but nearly half of Americans believe cloning organs will be routine by 2020, according to a new poll. (Reuters)
Cloning
January 4, 2010
The Modern Dilemma of Making a Whole New You
Humanity has always longed to possess the regenerative powers of other living things. The Mexican walking fish can regrow a severed limb, and if you cut the freshwater hydra into pieces, each will become a new creature. The idea of … Read More
November 18, 2009
Payment for egg donation
Three years after embryonic stem cell cloning was legalised in Australia, advocates are finally facing up to the critical issue: where will all the eggs come from? Cloning or somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is impossible without a continuous – … Read More
November 3, 2009
A dynamic view of morality
A liberal scientific take on cloning says it represents a process which will, in time, allow scientists to create organs that are a perfect match for those in need of a transplant. The cloned organ would be based on the … Read More
October 22, 2009
Hwang verdict imminent
Despite his research being exposed as fraudulent and unethical almost four years ago, the career of South Korean cloner Woo Suk Hwang has thrived. He has established a research institute, laid claim to a set of human-cloning patents, received a … Read More
October 14, 2009
Congress gets a chance to codify sensible NIH rules for stem cell research
THE SWIRL of controversy that greeted President Obama’s executive order lifting the ban on federal funding of stem cell research in March didn’t make a significant return when the final rules were released over the summer. That’s because the National … Read More
October 14, 2009
New Legislation Would Codify NIH Guidelines On Stem Cell Research, Funding, Washington Post Editorial Says
An upcoming bill — the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2009, by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) — would codify President Obama’s executive order “permitting federal funding of such research within guidelines established by the NIH and would require that … Read More
September 28, 2009
Op-Ed: Embrace Human Cloning
Human clones, it is widely assumed, would be monstrous perversions of nature. Yet chances are, you already know one. Indeed, you may know several and even have dated a clone. They walk among us in the form of identical twins: … Read More
September 23, 2009
Azad bats for therapeutic cloning
Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday urged the scientists to tap the potential of therapeutic cloning to heal and regenerate damaged body parts and find treatment for complex medical problems. (Hindustan Times)
September 14, 2009
Human tissue can be taken for human-animal embryo experiments without consent
Tens of thousands of samples of human tissue will be offered for use in controversial human/animal hybrid embryo research without the consent of the patients who donated them. (Telegraph)
September 9, 2009
Event:16th Session of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO
16th Session of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO Further to its postponement for health reasons related to the A(H1N1) influenza epidemic in Mexico City, the Sixteenth (ordinary) Session of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO (IBC) (initially scheduled in May … Read More
September 4, 2009
Psychological and Ideological Aspects of Human Cloning
The prospect of replication of human beings through genetic manipulation has engendered one of the most controversial debates about reproduction in our society. Ideology is clearly influencing the direction of research and legislation on human cloning, which may present one … Read More
September 1, 2009
World’s first cloned wolf dies: researcher
One of the world’s first two cloned wolves has died from an apparent infection, a professor who produced the clones almost four years ago said Tuesday. (PhysOrg)
August 26, 2009
Op-Ed: The ethics of egg manipulation
Many couples are faced with the unpleasant choice between not having a child of their own and risking the passing on of a debilitating disease. Yet research into reproductive technologies to lessen the chances of having unhealthy babies has been … Read More
August 24, 2009
Japan relaxes human stem-cell rules
A long-sought loosening of Japan’s guidelines on human embryonic stem-cell research came into effect on 21 August. But some say the new rules are too little, too late for a struggling field that was once a source of national pride. … Read More
August 14, 2009
S. Korean firm to open major dog cloning centre
A South Korean biotechnology firm will early next year open a centre capable eventually of producing up to 1,000 cloned dogs annually, a company executive said Friday. (PhysOrg)
July 24, 2009
Researchers Create Cells That They Say May Be Equivalent to Embryonic Stem Cells
Chinese scientists have bred mice from cells that might offer an alternative to human embryonic stem cells, producing the most definitive evidence yet that the technique could help sidestep many of the explosive ethical issues engulfing the controversial field but … Read More
July 23, 2009
Mice made from induced stem cells : Nature News
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has helped many couples conceive healthy children and is generally considered a safe practice. However, a new long-term analysis of PGD in mice suggests that this procedure may increase risks of weight gain and memory decline … Read More
June 26, 2009
New York to Pay Women Who Give Eggs for Stem Cell Research
New York has become the first state to allow taxpayer-funded researchers to pay women for giving their eggs for embryonic stem cell research, a move welcomed by many scientists but condemned by critics who fear it will lead to the … Read More
June 23, 2009
Cameron Diaz hits a home run in My Sister’s Keeper
The story soft-pedals but makes its point, and then tells the tale it chooses to tell with grace and delicacy. Here’s a term for you: “savior sibling” ~ a baby genetically matched to provide life-saving cord blood that could be … Read More
June 8, 2009
Op-Ed: Stem Cells and Torture
Let’s start with stem cells. That may seem a strange place to begin thinking about torture, but many bioethical issues are at least as controversial and disputed as torture. Among the most controversial in recent years has been research that … Read More
June 5, 2009
Op-Ed: Scrambled Ethics
On May 12, my colleagues on the ethics committee of New York’s Empire State Stem Cell Board voted overwhelmingly to recommend that state funds be awarded to researchers who have paid women for their “time and burden†in the retrieval … Read More
June 3, 2009
Ethicists warn against money for human egg donations
The state of New York is considering several proposals which would pay women who donate their eggs for research purposes, leading some Catholic ethicists to worry the move would induce poorer women to risk their health and become involved in … Read More
June 2, 2009
University of Minnesota says stem cell research complaint isn’t valid
The University of Minnesota is proceeding with embryonic stem cell research, despite an anti-abortion group’s claim that it is illegal under a new ban on the use of state tax dollars for human cloning. (TwinCities.com)
May 19, 2009
Louisiana: Senate passes animal-human hybrid research ban
The Senate voted without debate or dissent today to outlaw research designed to create animal-human hybrids, a practice that is apparently not occurring in the state but is cast by legislative critics as a potential violation of Louisiana’s ethics and … Read More
