Sentences with phrase «reproductive cloning»

The panel concluded that the scientific and medical considerations that justify a ban on human reproductive cloning at this time do not apply to nuclear transplantation to produce stem cells.

Hwang's successes add urgency to many ethical considerations, and the specter of reproductive cloning attempts by fringe scientists lingers (Hwang emphatically denounces such research).

It is the first detailed study of the physiology of a cloned animal from birth and the scientists say the results «should be taken into account in debates on reproductive cloning in human beings.»

It is indicative of the UK's tight regulatory process that this kind of research can proceed without the fear that it can be used for reproductive cloning.»

«If there is a link, it will provide further evidence of the dangers inherent in reproductive cloning and the irresponsibility of anybody who is trying to extend such work to humans.»

I am strictly against reproductive cloning, at the same time arguing in favour of a certain research field with the primary argument that it will improve the scientific and economic infrastructure in Germany.

Sad though it is to admit, it probably won't be long before we have to use reproductive cloning to save some of the world's most endangered species from extinction.

SCNT produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1997, but this use, called reproductive cloning, is banned in the United States.

The scientific evidence documenting the serious health risks associated with reproductive cloning, as shown through animal studies, make it unconscionable to undertake this procedure.

ACT's announcement stoked fears that scientists were trying to clone humans for reproductive purposes — and conflated reproductive cloning and human - embryonic - stem - cell research in many people's minds.

A French - German effort to craft an international ban on human reproductive cloning stalled yesterday in the United Nations as the United States, joined by 36 other countries, refused to support a proposal it said was too narrow.

French and German diplomats argued that widespread support for such a broad ban would be unlikely and pushed for an immediate ban on reproductive cloning while leaving open the possibility of eventually negotiating a broader ban.

There is another reason why ethical concerns over cloning should not get in the way of banking cells from endangered species: the no end of biological and technical challenges to overcome before reproductive cloning can ever become commonplace.

Although Kato called human reproductive cloning directly from iPS cell lines «very hypothetical,» he pointed out progress for that possibility when he noted that three teams had produced mouse clones from iPS cells.

Because cloning is still an inexact technology, Schöler questions both the value and the morality of using it to create humans: «You can do reproductive cloning only if you are willing to do cloning by statistics: cloning 100 organisms to get one that is OK — or might be OK — and you forget the other 99.»

The bill allows researchers to use cloning techniques to create stem sell lines, but backers contend the bill would not allow reproductive cloning.

The legislation would outlaw reproductive cloning.

The United States, together with several other countries, initiated the proposal, which would have included a ban on research cloning as well as reproductive cloning.

«The BMA is opposed to the deliberate creation of genetically identical individuals and welcomed the passage of the Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001, which made human reproductive cloning illegal.

«Our fear of reproductive cloning is understandable and appropriate.

A major point in Kass's arguments against research cloning is that it is a classic slippery slope, allowing the development of the biological tools necessary for reproductive cloning, which is sure to happen when those tools are in place.

One of the oft - heard arguments against reproductive cloning is that humans should not be interfering with nature or «playing god».

In reproductive cloning, the entity is implanted into a uterus, where it has the potential to develop into a full organism; a clone of the donor of the adult cell.

The AAAS Board of Directors on 14 February 2002 endorsed a legally enforceable ban on reproductive cloning, citing «serious health risks.»

Countries in brown have permissive or flexible policies on human embryonic stem cell research and have banned human reproductive cloning.

We know for example that from one day to the next we move from «therapeutic cloning» to «reproductive cloning».

On the scientific front, the principal objection to reproductive cloning is the enormous inefficiency of the process, which may require hundreds of attempts to create a viable animal.

However, reproductive cloning is one of just three distinctive types of processes and technology covered by the term «cloning».

For reproductive cloning - which creates animals with an identical genetic make - up to an already existing animal - the embryo must then be transferred to a host body, in which to grow.

It can also be used as the first step in the process of reproductive cloning.

«It gave critics plenty of ammunition to insist that if stem - cell research was funded, human reproductive cloning would be funded too,» says Caplan.

BAC, however, calls for an outright ban on human reproductive cloning and affirms that scientists caught doing so would face the full force of the law, although final details of penalties for offenders have not been spelled out.

They are just in the sense that they allow research with potential therapeutic benefit to proceed, and sustainable in that the proposed ban on reproductive cloning will ensure that such research has little biological or genetic impact on future generations.

Scientists are in almost unanimous agreement that human reproductive cloning is not only morally questionable but also dangerous for both surrogate mother and potential child.

But banking skin from endangered species is about far more than reproductive cloning.

The most obvious application is reproductive cloning.

Less expensive and more efficient than the process that produced Dolly the sheep, the iPS approach also would skirt the language of many current prohibitions against human reproductive cloning.

Human reproductive cloning is widely prohibited, but therapeutic cloning — creating stem cells that are a genetic match to the patient — is more generally accepted because the cells are used to treat disease.

The thread to follow here is that the invention of nuclear transfer technology — the means to move genes between cells and also backward in time — started the countdown to human reproductive cloning.

ACT announced last November that they had cloned early - stage human embryos in a step toward therapeutic cloning (which seeks to treat diseases by using genetic material from a patient's own cells) but the company believes that reproductive cloning is too risky and unwarranted at this time.

And last night, in a hastily scheduled House vote, 31 Democrats joined with most Republicans to defeat a legal ban on reproductive cloning, 213 to 204.

Although a number of states have banned reproductive cloning, the measure would put into place the first federal restriction.

«It's unfortunate so many members of the House of Representatives don't want to ban reproductive cloning,» says ASCB's Wilson.

Says restrictions on human reproductive cloning and genetic modification of embryos should be relaxed

The most common type of reproductive cloning is called somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).

Though human reproductive cloning is still in its infancy, it is believed to have several benefits...