Not exact matches
Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses
of medical
research: human
cloning in all its forms, creating or implanting
embryos for experiments, creating human - animal hybrids, and buying, selling, or patenting human
embryos.
Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing
of human
embryos,
for instance, and the selective abortion
of medically implanted
embryos, together with pre-implantation diagnosis, embryonic stem - cell
research, and attempts at human
cloning.
research; since most
of the reports have concentrated on justifying the creation
of cloned human
embryos for research into and treatment
of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's, «stem - cells» has become synonymous with «embryonic stem - cells» in the public imagination.
Some feminists who have no problem with the creation or
research use
of «excess» IVF
embryos adamantly oppose «therapeutic»
cloning for ESCR.
Kass ably led the council members in a long debate on
cloning, with the result that earlier this year they came out in opposition to human
cloning but divided on the use
of cloned embryos for research purposes.
But it might also mean the attempt to
clone human
embryos for research purposes - and this, in fact, is where the real focus
of scientific interest is at the moment.
In 2005 Professor Ian Wilmut, the creator
of Dolly the Sheep, was granted a licence to
clone human
embryos for medical
research - a decision which attracted considerable criticism.
Professor Wilmut stressed that he and his team had no intention
of trying to produce
cloned humans, but intended only to use the
embryos for research into the distressing degenerative condition Motor Neuron Disease.
In November 2001, scientists from Advanced Cell Technologies, a biotechnology company in Massachusetts, announced that they had
cloned the first human
embryos for the purpose
of advancing therapeutic
research.
Some scientists, such as Kevin Eggan at Harvard, were disappointed that NIH didn't open the door to the use
of embryos created
for research purposes — including through somatic cell nuclear transfer (
cloning) and parthenogenesis (from an unfertilized egg).
Stem cell researchers call them «a major step in the right direction,» although some were disappointed that NIH didn't open the door to the use
of embryos created
for research purposes — including through somatic cell nuclear transfer (
cloning) and parthenogenesis (from an unfertilized egg).
Some bioethicists have called
for a new international ban that would clearly prohibit the implantation
of a human
clone in part because
of the tantalizing
research uses
for nascent
embryos.
The report suggested legislation be introduced to ban
cloning for reproduction, but that
research on
embryos up to 14 days should go ahead because
of the «enormous» medical benefits.
But yesterday health minister Tessa Jowell told the House
of Commons that «more evidence is required»
of the need
for research on
cloned human
embryos and
of its potential risks and benefits.
Even when described in terms
of the potential to cure some particular diseases — an approach used in most polling conducted by advocates
of embryo - destroying
research —
cloning for research remained unacceptable to most respondents.
Benedict argued that non-conjugal reproduction such as in vitro fertilization had created «new problems» ¯ the freezing
of human
embryos,
for instance, and the selective abortion
of medically implanted
embryos, together with pre-implantation diagnosis, embryonic stem - cell
research, and attempts at human
cloning.
Public opinion polls show significant support
for limited kinds
of ESC
research (no
cloning; no creation
of embryos for research purposes).
Most recently, in February 2003, Senator Arlen Specter, Republican
of Pennsylvania, and others introduced legislation that would expand
research options by allowing cells to be newly isolated from
embryos, including
cloned embryos — those created
for research purposes only and not through fertilization.