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Provides an introduction to cloning, covering gene cloning, reproductive cloning, and therapeutic cloning, and exploring the moral and ethical aspects of cloning.
3) Cloning
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Explains the history and process of cloning, and discusses the benefits, drawbacks, and controversies surrounding it. Includes fact boxes, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
4) Cloning
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Designed to supplement the information provided in science textbooks and provide a platform for student discussions and debate on the latest developments in this fast-growing Genetic field of cloning.
6) Cloning
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Presents opposing viewpoints on cloning, from ethics, curing diseases, and stem cells, to banning cloning.
7) Cloning
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Discusses the process of cloning animals, whether or not cloning can be used to cure illness, the transplantation of organs from cloned animals to humans, genetic engineering and the future of cloning.
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"What makes a person who they are? This is one of the fundamental questions of human life. Scientists of the 21st century have made rapid advances in cloning and editing human DNA and cells, even if their understanding of how human characteristics are shaped is still relatively new. Readers will learn about three life-changing pieces of genetic technology--from therapeutic cloning to embryonic gene editing. By exploring these innovations and how they...
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On January 8, 2001, on the outskirts of Sioux Center, Iowa, the first successful clone of an endangered species was delivered by cesarean section from an ordinary cow named Bessie. Noah, the new-born gaur (a species of wild ox native to India) was created by fusing cryogenically preserved skin cells from a zoo gaur with a cow egg emptied of its DNA. The entire procedure was done without ever coming into contact with a living gaur. This science bulletin...
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Even the most reluctant readers are likely curious about cloning and the scientific future of human evolution. This book finally makes it possible for them to access the latest information about genetic engineering, stem cells, heredity, and the idea that humans may be able to manipulate the process of reproduction to create the offspring they desire. It even covers hot button issues like eugenics and the genetic modification of plants and animals...
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The technology of cloning has raised a host of moral, ethical, and religious questions, and this program examines many of them. The "dangers" of cloning, from shrinking gene pools, to the development of a "super race," to fears that cloned DNA could introduce genetic flaws into the population, are examined. A theologian discusses how cloning changes our notion of soul. Harold Shapiro, chairman of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, comments...
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Will human cloning provide a panacea for ailments and diseases or usher in a nightmarish world of eugenics and designer people? This program presents an in-depth exploration of the ethical concerns regarding human cloning, a technology that has already prompted heated debate over its potential uses and abuses. A variety of perspectives are canvassed from the theological, legal, and scientific fields, including interviews with Dr. Ian Wilmut, the first...