Special report: Dim chance for global cloning ban

By M. Asif Ismail

More than 150 countries have no law on the books that bars reproductive cloning

Excerpts from this story referencing "nuclear transfer":

"… also mentioned the issue of the potential exploitation of women.Successful nuclear transfer currently requires availability of a large number of female eggs. The Sout …"

Closing in on human cloning

By M. Asif Ismail and Agustín Armendariz

The federal government is funding research in primate cloning technology. Why?

Excerpts from this story referencing "nuclear transfer":

"… for Public Integrity identified cloning-related grants for experiments on nuclear transfer in primates—which involves replacing the nucleus of an unfertilized egg …"

"… green florescent protein from jellyfish.In their experiments on so-called nuclear transfer technology Schatten, Wolf and their colleagues were aided by Thomson, who …"

"… ments on nonhuman primates in the center as well as experiments that used "nuclear transfer strategies to generate genetically identical rhesus monkeys."From 1996 to …"

"… in federal grants.The National Center for Research Resources has supported nuclear transfer research by private companies as well. Government documents reveal that, a …"

Lobbying, old-time politics block legislation on human cloning

By M. Asif Ismail

Bush administration articulates no position

Excerpts from this story referencing "nuclear transfer":

"… code that would have prohibited the use of a procedure called somatic cell nuclear transfer for the purpose of human cloning. The technique was employed for creating …"

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Embryo research: profit vs ethics?

By Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Corporations team up with patients' rights groups to overpower opposition to research that destroys embryos, but could save lives

Excerpts from this story referencing "nuclear transfer":

"… ing-edge cloning technologies, including a technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer, one of Roslins most important technologies. Both Roslin and ACT have been …"