Society: Issues: Science_and_Technology: Biotechnology: Cloning

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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.

Clone World
A look at cloning technology from all directions. [In English and Japanese]

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.

Human Cloning
Covers data on human cloning plus news updates, and full text of The Genetic Revolution by Dr. Patrick Dixon.

Scientists Produce Five Pig Clones
The first pig clones are created, bringing the transplantation of animal organs into humans much closer. [BBC News]

Stem Cells & Cloning Club (SCCC)
Includes news, ethics, politics, investments, media, culture, and discussion forum.

The Reproductive Cloning Network
Resources, links and scientific information on vertebrate, mammalian and human reproductive cloning.

Cloning Technology Progresses Despite Controversy
A review of cloning news concerning science and public policy, three years after the cloning of Dolly. [CNN] (January 13, 2000)

Researchers Clone Monkey by Splitting Embryo
Oregon researchers say they have cloned a monkey by splitting an early-stage embryo and implanting the pieces into mother animals. [CNN] (January 13, 2000)

Dolly's Legacy
Nuclear transfer--used to clone Dolly--may help scientists develop more potent stem-cell therapies. [Scientific American] (June 21, 1999)

Cloning in Science Fiction
Brief overview of cloning in the science fiction literature and how it is portrayed. [Gene Letter] (August 1, 1998)

Send in the Clones
Using a new technique, scientists have cloned clones from clones. [Scientific American] (July 27, 1998)

Post-Clone Consciousness
Jessica Matthews looks at the realities of cloning after the dust has settled after the Dolly announcement. [Washington Post] (March 3, 1997)

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