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  1. Who's Afraid of Human Cloning? by Gregory E. Pence, 1998-11-05
  2. After Dolly: The Promise and Perils of Cloning by Roger Highfield, Ian Wilmut, 2007-08-17
  3. Cloning Jesus (Color Edition) by Sonia Harrison Jones, 2009-09-20
  4. DNA Cloning: A Practical Approach Volume 2: Expression Systems (The Practical Approach Series) (Vol 2)
  5. DNA Cloning: A Practical Approach Volume 1: Core Techniques (The Practical Approach Series)
  6. Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis: An Introduction (Brown,Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis) by Terry A. Brown, 2006-03-03
  7. Gene Cloning by Julia Lodge, Peter Lund, et all 2006-10-24
  8. Cloning Miranda by Carol Matas, 1999
  9. Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family (Ecco) by Lee M. Silver, 2007-08-01
  10. Basic Questions on Genetics, Stem Cell Research and Cloning: Are These Technologies Okay to Use? (Biobasics Series) by Linda K. Bevington, Ray G. Bohlin, et all 2002-12-31
  11. The Human Cloning Debate by Roopali Malhotra, 2004-07
  12. Stem Cells and Cloning (2nd Edition) by Kelly A Hogan, Michael A. Palladino, 2008-07-13
  13. Epigenetic Risks of Cloning
  14. The Soulless One, Cloning a Counterfeit Creation by Mark L. Prophet, 1981-06

21. Roslin Institute Online: Information On Cloning And Nuclear Transfer
Roslin Institute Online. Information on cloning and Nuclear transfer.Welcome to the cloning site within Roslin Institute Online.
http://www.ri.bbsrc.ac.uk/library/research/cloning/cloning.html
Roslin Institute Online
Information on Cloning and Nuclear transfer
Welcome to the Cloning site within Roslin Institute Online . The documents supplied here have been developed and revised as events unfolded since March 1996. This site includes all the background material produced by the Institute on cloning and nuclear transfer. CLONING INFORMATION Nuclear transfer and cloning notes Roslin Institute Press Releases Key papers from Roslin (abstracts only) Web sites discussing NT, cloning, and related issues Books on NT, cloning, and related topics The second creation by Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and Colin Tudge (published London, january 2000) Other organisations working on nuclear transfer / cloning Archive of older Roslin documents on NT and cloning
OTHER RIO RESOURCES About Roslin Institute Getting in touch: inquiries, contacts, E-mail Current research programmes Nuclear transfer and cloning notes Roslin Institute Press Releases Key papers from Roslin Web sites discussing NT, cloning, and related issues ... Current research Return to top of page go to Roslin Home page Last edited 3 April 2000 Editor: Mike McKeen

22. Prometheus Bound: Cloning Bears Identical Reactions
Fred L. Smith's commentary on the public's reaction to the announcement of Dolly and GM foods.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/reg20n2j.html
Prometheus Bound
Cloning Bears Identical Reactions
by Fred L. Smith Jr. Fred L. Smith Jr. ispresident of the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. T he ink had barely dried on the clever headline on the Scottish sheep cloning story, "Hello Hello, Dolly, Dolly!" before politicians were calling for bans. President Clinton was first to express "serious concern." Repre-sentative Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.), a physicist by training, echoed his sentiments. He reasoned that to prevent horrible regulation, we should impose bad regulation. The response to cloning was predictable and indicative of the troubled political history of biotechnology. The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA and later, the ability to recombine DNA, made many uneasy. Technophobe Jeremy Rifkin described biotechnology as "a form of annihilation every bit as deadly as nuclear holocaust, and even more profound." Repetition of the "mistake" of unleashing nuclear power had to be avoided. Scientists could no longer allow others to decide how to use new and potentially destructive discoveries. They assumed the role Olympians, deciding whether the technology would be released or suppressed. Thus in the early 1970s, James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA double helix, and several microbiologists urged a moratorium on further research until the dangers of gene-splicing could be assessed. At a meeting in Pacific Grove, California in 1975, scientists urged the National Institutes of Health to impose guidelines governing DNA experiments.

23. The Center For The Study Of Technology And Society - Biotechnology
A field that brings together agriculture, genetics, cloning, health, medicine and reproductive technology. The Center is a nonprofit research and educational group based in Washington, D.C.
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Our Biotech Future (National Review, issue dated 5 Mar 01) OPINION: Eugenics Coming Soon to a Country Near You (National Review, 27 Feb 01) Gene Therapy Prevents Cancer in Mice (BBC, 26 Feb 01) Adopting Frozen Embryos (NY Times, 25 Feb 01 - free registration required) Goats Engineered to Produce Spider Silk in Their Milk (Forbes, issue dated 19 Feb 01) Online Rush to Buy Human Eggs (BBC, 16 Feb 01) Doctors Believe "Brain Pacemakers" Can Treat Wide Range of Illnesses (Wall St. Journal, 16 Feb 01 - free subscription required) The Human Body is Not "Built to Last" (Science Daily, 13 Feb 01) Consumers Want Engineered Food Labeled (Washington Post, 13 Feb 01) A New Genetic Window on Curing Diseases (Washington Post, 11 Feb 01) ESSAY: Implications of the Human Genome Project for Medical Science (Journal of the American Medical Association, 7 Feb 01)

24. DreamTech International
"Visit DreamTech to see how we make dreams come true." A satirical site about human cloning Category Recreation Humor Science Biology...... existence. No other cloning company comes close! Dream Technologies havetaken cloning from the megarich and brought it to the world.
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25. Cloning And Stem Cells
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The Journal publishes peer-reviewed research papers on the remarkable new opportunities in medicine, biology, and agriculture that arise from the demonstration of far greater than expected developmental plasticity in mammalian cells. Papers cover all aspects of cloning along with the culture and differentiation of stem cells from all stages of development from embryo to adult.
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26. The First Human Cloning Company.
Offers to clone humans.Category Society Issues Biotechnology cloning......Welcome to CLONAID™ – the first human cloning company! CLONAID™was founded in February 1997, by Raël, the leader of the
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Welcome to
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, an international religious organization, which claims that a human extraterrestrial race, called the Elohim, used DNA and genetic engineering, to scientifically create all life on Earth. The name, Elohim, is found in the Hebrew Bible and was mistranslated into the word "God". The Raelian Movement also claims that Jesus was resurrected using an advanced cloning technique performed by the Elohim. project three years ago to Dr. Brigitte Boisselier, a Raelian Bishop, who is now Managing Director of . Dr. Brigitte Boisselier has founded a new company that is now carrying out the projects as well as other projects presented herein. The name and the location of this company are currently being kept secret for obvious security reasons. Human clone embryos
The main goal of is to offer reproductive human cloning on a worldwide basis to infertile couples, homosexual couples, people infected with the HIV virus as well as to families who lost a beloved family member. Additionally

27. Bob Meyer's Premier Web Pages
Americans for cloning Elvis (ACE), Americans for cloning Dead Celebrities (ACDC), Bob Meyer's Compendium of Elvis Sightings.
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28. Home Page
Information on this lofty project.
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29. The Reproductive Cloning Network - Cloning Articles, Resources And Links
Resources, links and scientific information on vertebrate, mammalian and human reproductive cloning.Category Society Philosophy Applied Bioethics cloning Human......The Reproductive cloning Network stores, links to, and reviews scientific resourcesregarding reproductive cloning. The Reproductive cloning Network.
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30. Washingtonpost.com Cloning
Coverage by the Washington Post.Category Society Issues Biotechnology cloning...... NATION cloning Report, News Home Page. Nation. National Security. Science. Courts. Searchthe States. Special Reports. cloning. Photo Galleries. Live Online. Nation Index.
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31. CNN - Should We Be Cloning Around? - Feb. 24, 1997
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February 24, 1997
Web posted at: 3:45 p.m. EST (CNN) The announcement that a team of British scientists had successfully cloned an adult sheep has touched off a new wave of discussion over the ethical implications of such a feat. The achievement announced Sunday by a team of scientists at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland , marks the first time anyone has successfully cloned an adult mammal. "There are a number of genetic diseases for which there is no cure ... and this will enable us to carry out research into the causes of those diseases and perhaps develop method to treat them," Dr. Ian Wilmut of the Roslin Institute said following the announcement. While some scientists hail the cloning as a major breakthrough for research in agriculture, aging, medicine and genetics, others worry what it may portend. If sheep can be replicated, they ask, are humans far behind? Suddenly the stuff of science fiction doesn't seem so fanciful anymore as one considers the possibility of dictators cloning themselves, dead geniuses brought back to life, or beloved family pets resurrected.
Sheep, cattle, pigs ... what next?

32. Cloning
News release that was reported in the journal nature concerning the first reproducible cloning of mammals from adult cells.
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For Immediate Release: July 22, 1998 Contact: Noonan/Russo Communications, 212 696-4455, Ernie.knewitz@noonanrusso.com University of Hawaii, Cheryl Ernst Downloadable graphics accessible, www.noonanrusso.com News release and related materials, www.eurekalert.com or www.noonanrusso.com Video B-Roll available First Reproducible Cloning of Mammals from Adult Cells Reported in July 23 Issue of the journal Nature The first reproducible cloning of a mammal from adult cells, which has successfully yielded three generations and more than 50 identical cloned mice, is reported in the July 23 issue of the international science journal Nature by an international team of scientists, lead by Ryuzo Yanagimachi, of the University of Hawaii. The distinctive cloning technology, described as the Honolulu technique, could be more viable for the production of drugs using transgenic animals than earlier techniques because of its efficiency of reproducibility and, when used in genetic and embryonic development studies, will shed new light on the cellular and molecular activities involved in aging and diseases such as cancer, AIDS, diabetes and multiple sclerosis. The technology has been licensed to the Hawaii-based biotechnology company ProBio America, Inc., for commercialization and to test it for expanded uses. The investigators anticipate that due to similarities between development in mammals the technique will be applicable to larger animals. For example, efficient and accurate cloning can improve the reliability and safety of reproducing transgenic mammals, such as cattle, pigs and sheep, that can be used in the economical production of lower cost protein-based pharmaceuticals. The technique may also be useful for cloning wild or endangered species in a controlled environment.

33. Register At NYTimes.com
New York Times article recounts the history of the Raelians and compares the movement to some historical antecedents, including the Oneida Community. Requires free registration.
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34. Howstuffworks "How Cloning Works"
process. Learn what cloning is and what's involved in producing a geneticreplica. Main Science Life Science How cloning Works.
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... Lots More Information! On January 8, 2001, scientists at Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., announced the birth of the first clone of an endangered animal, a baby bull gaur (a large wild ox from India and southeast Asia) named Noah. Although Noah died of an infection unrelated to the procedure, the experiment demonstrated that it is possible to save endangered species through cloning. Photo courtesy Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. Noah was the first endangered animal to be cloned. Cloning is the process of making a genetically identical organism through nonsexual means. It has been used for many years to produce plants (even growing a plant from a cutting is a type of cloning). Animal cloning has been the subject of scientific experiments for years, but garnered little attention until the birth of the first cloned mammal in 1997, a sheep named Dolly . Since Dolly, several scientists have cloned other animals, including cows and mice. The recent success in cloning animals has sparked fierce debates among scientists, politicians and the general public about the use and morality of cloning plants, animals and possibly humans.

35. Bioethics; Reproductive Technologies
Resources on ethics about topics such as cloning.
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36. Howstuffworks "How Human Cloning Will Work"
Learn who plans on cloning humans, why they want to and about the controversiessurrounding it. Main Science Life Science How Human cloning Will Work.
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To Clone or Not to Clone
... Lots More Information! Nothing really prepared the world for the 1997 announcement that a group of Scottish scientists had created a cloned sheep named Dolly . There's little doubt that within the next decade, we will hear a more shocking announcement of the first cloned human. Several groups have developed plans to be the first to do so, and the research is already underway to make it happen. Talking to yourself will take on a whole new meaning when cloning is made possible. Until now, the idea of human cloning has only been possible through movie magic, but the natural progression of science is making human cloning a true possibility. We've cloned sheep, mice and cows, so what's to stop scientists from cloning a human? Some countries have set up laws banning cloning, but it is still legal in many countries. It will cost tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, but there will always be people willing to spend that type of money to be a part of history. Critics, backed by studies, say cloning is still a dangerous technology that can cause serious defects in the clones. The low success rates of cloning efforts of about 3 percent has also raised questions about the morality of cloning a human. In this edition of

37. Cloning And Stem Cell Research - Donal O'Mathuna
Human cloning may soon become an accepted means of producing human embryonic stem cells for use in medical therapies.
http://www.cbhd.org/newsletter/002/002omathuna.htm
A Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity Paper Cloning and Stem Cell Research
Wrong Motives on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Donal O'Mathuna who has already been cloned for the express benefit of someone else. Those who support the Donaldson Report, as well as many who favor human embryonic stem cell research in the U.S., have succumbed to the utilitarian drive to maximize the ends without considering the means. Named the Breakthrough of the Year for 1999 by the prestigious journal Science , human embryonic stem cell research may indeed have the potential to benefit many people who suffer from serious debilitating conditions. Because embryonic stem cells can develop into many different types of tissues, researchers hope these cells can be coaxed into replacing tissues whose function has been lost or compromised as a result of injury or disease. For example, someone with diabetes might be given replacement pancreatic cells that produce normal amounts of insulin. Similar treatments might be developed for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. The British interest in cloning arises largely in response to a chief obstacle encountered by scientists doing research on embryonic stem cells – namely, how to transplant cells or tissue derived from an embryo into a patient without that patient rejecting the implanted material. Obtaining cells from an embryo which has been cloned by inserting a patient’s own DNA into an egg cell devoid of genetic material circumvents the risk of tissue rejection which would likely be posed if stem cells were derived from non-cloned embryos who do not share the patient’s genetic material. For example, a patient suffering from severe burns could have embryos cloned using genetic material derived from his or her own cells. If the stem cells obtained from these cloned embryos could be coaxed into becoming skin cells, they would be genetically identical to the patient and would pose no risk of rejection.

38. Bioethics.net | The American Journal Of Bioethics
Human cloning represents one of the most interesting challenges for bioethicsand public policy, both because it has attracted a highly visible but often
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Human cloning represents one of the most interesting challenges for bioethics and public policy, both because it has attracted a highly visible but often superficial debate, and because it simultaneously calls for very subtle and intricate discussion, debate and perhaps legislation. Gathered below are many resources for learning about and discussing cloning of humans and animals. We also invite you to join us in debate and discussion of breaking news about cloning on our Letters to the Editor page.
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Which states are trying to regulate human cloning in 2001? If Gene Therapy Is the Cure, What Is the Disease?

39. CNN - Poll: Most Americans Say Cloning Is Wrong - Mar. 1, 1997
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Poll: Most Americans say cloning is wrong
7 percent would clone themselves
March 1, 1997
Web posted at: 1:59 p.m. EST (1859 GMT) (CNN) Americans responded unfavorably to news this week that Scottish scientists had successfully cloned a sheep from a cell taken from ordinary tissue.
According to a CNN/Time poll released Saturday, most Americans think it is morally unacceptable to clone either animals or humans, and they think that new cloning techniques will create more problems than they solve. Almost half of those polled said they would be willing to eat fruits and vegetables that had been cloned, but 56 percent said they would not eat meat from cloned animals.
About two-thirds of those polled said the federal government should regulate the cloning of animals. Opinion was far less divided on the prospect of cloning humans. Of those polled, 69 percent said they are scared by the prospect of cloning humans, and 89 percent said it would be morally unacceptable. Three-quarters said that cloning human beings is against God's will, and 29 percent said they are so troubled by the ability to replicate life, that they would participate in a demonstration against cloning humans. Only 7 percent said they would clone themselves if they had the opportunity.
The poll was based on interviews conducted Wednesday and Thursday with 1,005 adult Americans. The poll's margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.

40. Cloning
1997 cloning. by Rosa Beddington. Of similarity. Novelists and film makershave not been slow to exploit the imagery afforded by cloning.
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Since our genes dictate to a large extent what we look like, how we behave and what we can and cannot do, having identical genes, as identical twins do, ensures something more than mere similarity. Novelists and film makers have not been slow to exploit the imagery afforded by cloning. Limitless numbers of identical beings manufactured from existing or previous generations has obvious dramatic potential, although seldom of a reassuring nature. Clones traverse the cinema screen as crowds of dehumanised humans destined for monotonous drudgery, as invincible armies of lookalikes from outer space, as replicas of living megalomaniacs and, in the ultimate fantasy, as the resurrected dead - troupes of little Hitlers and herds of rampaging dinosaurs. Of course, this is science fiction. Nonetheless there is just a whiff of plausibility, a whisker of scientific credibility; enough to plant an indelible vision of what might be, or even what could be. So it is easy to understand why the arrival earlier this year of Dolly, the sheep developed from an egg whose own genes had been replaced by those from an adult udder cell, was seen as the first incarnation of a sinister future. Dolly was a clone of the sheep (her genetic mother) who provided the udder cell. The package of genes in the nucleus of that udder cell contained exactly the same repertoire of genes as all the rest of her mother's cells and so Dolly's genetic makeup was to all intents and purposes identical to her mother's. No sperm had had the opportunity to add its genetic pennysworth. However, there was nothing radically new, neither technically nor conceptually, in the way in which Dolly was made. Almost all films and documentaries on cloning still show the same footage

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