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Topia!: Society: Issues: Science and Technology: Biotechnology: Cloning (24)
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. Conceiving a Clone - In-depth student project on the science and ethics of cloning. Well-presented and informative. Clonaid - Offers to clone humans. PPL Therapeutics - The Edinburgh-based company that cloned Dolly the Sheep and Mille, Christa, Alexis, Carrel and Dotcom - the 5 cloned piglets. Clone Rights United Front - Activist organization protecting the right to human cloning. Cloning Law and Policy at UPenn - Extensive bibliography on cloning law and policy; media coverage and analysis; and details of state, federal and international laws on cloning. Cloning Report - Coverage by the Washington Post. Hello Dolly! - An entertaining and informative look at the science behind Dolly, from the Why Files at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Clone World - A look at cloning technology from all directions. [In English and Japanese] First Dolly -- Now Dotcom - Scientists in Britain say they have produced the world's first cloned pigs. [CBC Canada] Post-Clone Consciousness - Jessica Matthews looks at the realities of cloning after the dust has settled after the Dolly announcement. [Washington Post] Monkeys Copied the 'Natural' Way - Researchers using a technique called embryo splitting hope to grow genetically identical rhesus monkeys in the laboratory - a breakthrough that would enable experiments such as growing new organs from stem cells to be tested on monkeys rather than mice. [ABC News] Cloning Technology Progresses Despite Controversy - A review of cloning news concerning science and public policy, three years after the cloning of Dolly. [CNN] Cloning In Science Fiction - Citing of cloning being used in Science Fiction, and how they were portrayed. [Gene Letter] Genetic Engineering and Cloning - Improving nature or uncorking the genie? Information and debate positions, both for and against. Cloning--Are Humans Next? - Human cloning facts, issues, and questions, from World Book. 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] Genomics Issues: Cloning - Resources, articles and books on the science, research, applications, and public policy of cloning - from the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America. 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] Dolly cloning method patented - The first patents for cloning have been issued to the researchers who created Dolly the sheep. [BBC News] Cloned embryos 'could treat leukaemia' - Human tissue could be cloned to help children with leukaemia, a scientist predicts. [BBC News] Scientists Produce Five Pig Clones - The first pig clones are created, bringing the transplantation of animal organs into humans much closer. [BBC News]
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