After Dolly: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning .AFTER DOLLY: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning Although genes are recognized as influencing behavior and cognition, "genetically identical" does not mean altogether identical; identical twins, despite being natural human clones with near identical DNA, are separate people, with separate experiences and not altogether IAN IAN Interactive Affiliate Network IAN i am nothing IAN Instrumentation & Automation News IAN Ianuarius (Latin: January) IAN Instituto Agronomico Nacional (Paraguay) IAN Incident Area Network WILMUT AND ROGER HIGHFIELD In 1996, a sheep named Dolly forever changed Forever Changed was a Christian Rock band from Tallahassee and Orlando, FL. They came together in 1999 and broke up in 2006. Dan Cole was the lead singer, a guitarist, and a pianist. Ben O'Rear was the lead guitarist, Tom Gustafson played bass, and Nathan Lee played the drums. the way people think about life and reproduction and made Ian Wilmut an international superstar. The cloning of a viable lamb from an adult sheep's cell had implications beyond mere scientific achievement. Dolly's existence opened the door for speculation about the possibility of human cloning, would this new technology result in unscrupulous attempts at cloning for human reproduction, perhaps in an attempt to create designer babies? In this revealing book, the most famous of the scientists responsible for Dolly's birth, with the help of science editor Highfield, outlines his personal views on cloning and its possible role in the future of human medicine. The authors describe the history of cloning and the difficulty that Wilmut and his colleagues had in refining the cellular manipulations that would result in Dolly. The book also describes techniques for placing human genes in animals that would then offer a new way for researchers to study and treat many common diseases. Wilmut emphasizes his firm stance against cloning for the purposes of reproduction but stresses that such a stance shouldn't halt progress on stem cell stem cell In living organisms, an undifferentiated cell that can produce other cells that eventually make up specialized tissues and organs. There are two major types of stem cells, embryonic and adult. research and therapeutic cloning therapeutic cloning n. A procedure in which damaged tissues or organs are repaired or replaced with genetically identical cells that originate from undifferentiated stem cells. . Norton, 2006, 335 p., b&w photos, hardcover, $24.95, |
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