Archive for the ‘Cloning’ Category

Monty Hall Morality:
Our Ethical Obligation to Harvest Organ-Donor Clones

Last week Story Landis, the interim chair of the National Health Institute’s stem cell task force, testified before the U.S. Senate on President Bush’s policy restricting federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. Landis opposes the current policy and declared that “science works best when...
January 25th, 2007 | Cloning | Read More

The Bioethics of Therapeutic Cloning:
A Brief Primer on the Issues

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January 12th, 2006 | Cloning | Read More

The Price of Eggs:
Therapeutic Cloning and the Economics of Egg Donation

Last week the South Korean stem cell pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk publicly apologized after an official investigation found two female scientists in his laboratory donated their own eggs for his research on cloning. Woo-Suk was not in violation of any legal or ethical guidelines in his own country but violated...
November 29th, 2005 | Cloning | Read More

The Bioethics of Therapeutic Cloning:
A Brief Primer on the Issues

“Humankind has now embarked into the ‘Age of Therapeutic Cloning,
May 23rd, 2005 | Cloning | Read More

The Zavos Effect:
Scientific Progress and the Cloning of the Dead

“This is powerful stuff. If anyone ever accused me of playing God, this is as close as you can get,
August 30th, 2004 | Cloning | Read More

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According to an article by the Associated Press, Sarah Bianchi, national policy director for the Kerry campaign, claims that the Senator is “absolutely not” suggesting creating embryos for the sole purpose of research. This statement is evidence of: a) Kerry
August 24th, 2004 | Cloning | Read More

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According to an article by the Associated Press, Sarah Bianchi, national policy director for the Kerry campaign, claims that the Senator is “absolutely not” suggesting creating embryos for the sole purpose of research. This statement is evidence of: a) Kerry
August 24th, 2004 | Cloning | Read More

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According to an article by the Associated Press, Sarah Bianchi, national policy director for the Kerry campaign, claims that the Senator is “absolutely not” suggesting creating embryos for the sole purpose of research. This statement is evidence of: a) Kerry
August 24th, 2004 | Cloning | Read More

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According to an article by the Associated Press, Sarah Bianchi, national policy director for the Kerry campaign, claims that the Senator is “absolutely not” suggesting creating embryos for the sole purpose of research. This statement is evidence of: a) Kerry
August 24th, 2004 | Cloning | Read More

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According to an article by the Associated Press, Sarah Bianchi, national policy director for the Kerry campaign, claims that the Senator is “absolutely not” suggesting creating embryos for the sole purpose of research. This statement is evidence of: a) Kerry
August 24th, 2004 | Cloning | Read More