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.
- Cloned embryos 'could treat leukaemia'
- Human tissue could be cloned to help children with leukaemia, a scientist predicts. [BBC News]
- Cloning Report
- Coverage by the Washington Post.
- 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.
- 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.
- Scientists Produce Five Pig Clones
- The first pig clones are created, bringing the transplantation of animal organs into humans much closer. [BBC News]
- Cloning Technology Progresses Despite Controversy
- A review of cloning news concerning science and public policy, three years after the cloning of Dolly. [CNN]
- Dolly's Legacy
- Nuclear transfer--used to clone Dolly--may help scientists develop more potent stem-cell therapies. [Scientific American]
- 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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Last update: 7:59 PT, Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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