In Congress, a cloning stalemate

By M. Asif Ismail

Efforts to ban cloning falter over scope of proposed prohibition

Excerpts from this story referencing "cloning technology":

"… ning—reproductive cloning, the asexual creation of a human being through cloning technology, and therapeutic cloning, the use of cloning technology for medical resear …"

"… uman being through cloning technology, and therapeutic cloning, the use of cloning technology for medical research—or both.There is widespread agreement in Congress t …"

"… that it's quite irresponsible to do that," Rudolph Jaenisch, an expert on cloning technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), told the Center."Human clo …"

"… nds for cloning research, in the wake of "[r]ecent accounts of advances in cloning technology." One of the advances Clinton referred to was the birth of Dolly the sheep …"

Closing in on human cloning

By M. Asif Ismail and Agustín Armendariz

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

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"… ive cloning, the federal government's aggressive funding of experiments in cloning technology in nonhuman primates is bringing human cloning closer to reality.Since 199 …"

"… cell research. For example, the first major successful application of the cloning technology in primates was recorded in Oregon in 1997, when a team led by senior scie …"

"… ology than we do in monkeys. I wouldn't buy the argument that establishing cloning technology in monkeys is going to impact reproductive human cloning technology in hum …"

"… ishing cloning technology in monkeys is going to impact reproductive human cloning technology in humans."But Wolf agrees the research has human applications. "As a spin …"

Lobbying, old-time politics block legislation on human cloning

By M. Asif Ismail

Bush administration articulates no position

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"… address the larger question of whether or not creating a human being using cloning technology should be prohibited altogether, but this authority will help ensure that …"