Lobbying, old-time politics block legislation on human cloning

By M. Asif Ismail

Bush administration articulates no position

Excerpts from this story referencing "International Center for Technology Assessment":

"… tive, which it is not," said Mike MacDonald, a project coordinator for the International Center for Technology Assessment. "Cloning is a reproductive issue." The mission of his nonprofit organizat …"

"… ed.""The language (of the bill) was poorly drafted," said MacDonald of the International Center for Technology Assessment, who is now working on draft cloning legislation. "They had poor understan …"

"… ology may have applications in the area of cloning," said MacDonald of the International Center for Technology Assessment.Repeated phone calls to Geron and Advanced Cell Technologies were not retu …"