Therapeutic Cloning
Biotechnology
Australia lifts ban on therapeutic cloning
Lawmakers rejected the moral views of their political leaders Wednesday and lifted a four-year ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell research ... Continue Reading
Cat-cloning company to close its doors
Genetic Savings & Clone, a biotechnology company that sold cloned pets, sent letters to its customers last month informing them it will close at the end of the year because of little demand for cloned cats. The company had recently reduced the price from $50,000 to $32,000.
The letters said the Sausalito company was not accepting new orders for clones because it was "unable to develop the technology to the point that cloning pets is commercially viable."
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Australia debates therapeutic cloning
The Australian government has come under pressure this week to respond to proposals that national laws should be amended to allow somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) for research purposes. The changes, recommended late last year by a government-commissioned independent review, would permit therapeutic cloning under strict controls. But scientists fear the government will ignore the advice and decide to keep the current ban. ... Continue Reading
Cloned Stem Cells Prove Identical to Fertilized Stem Cells
Scientists generally agree that all cloned animals are biologically flawed. But they don ... Continue Reading
Bid to ease stem cell cloning law
SCIENTISTS could create cloned human embryos specifically for stem cells to treat major diseases under a Victorian Government push for relaxed embryo research laws. In an attempt to boost the state's reputation as a world leader in biotechnology, Treasurer John Brumby will tell a national inquiry into cloning and embryo research today that scientists are being hampered by existing laws. ... Continue Reading
Cloning could fix hearing problems
"Can you hear me now?" A New Mexico State University researcher is studying sensory cells in the ear in hopes of finding treatments to restore destroyed cells, which can cause hearing or balance problems. Biology associate professor Elba Serrano and her students are pursuing two projects that involve cloning cells or genes. ... Continue Reading
Head-to-head: Human Cloning
Two patients who could benefit from stem cell therapy debate whether it is ethical to clone human embryos to find cures for diseases. ... Continue Reading
Experts Examined - Dr Woo Suk Hwang
In a series on leading health experts, the BBC News website meets Dr Woo Suk Hwang - the man who last week reported he had cloned a dog called Snuppy. ... Continue Reading
At play with firm's clone kittens
A US company offering a pet cloning service has successfully cloned two cats: Tabouli and Baba Ganoush. BBC News Online's Maggie Shiels is the first British journalist to see them. Here, she tells of meeting the copy cats. To most people, the two kittens running around the top floor of a San Francisco mansion might not seem like anything special. But to Lou Hawthorne, the owner of this house, Tabouli and Baba Ganoush represent a major scientific breakthrough. ... Continue Reading
S Korea unveils first dog clone
Scientists in South Korea have produced the first dog clones, they report in Nature magazine this week. One of the puppies died soon after birth but the other, an Afghan hound named Snuppy, is still doing well after 16 weeks, the researchers say. Snuppy joins a host of other cloned animals including Dolly the sheep, CC the cat and Ralph the rat. ... Continue Reading
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