MUCH OF THE CURRENT DEBATE over what is generally known as therapeutic cloning--that is, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) cloning conducted for research purposes rather than reproduction--centers ...

THE SENATE will shortly take up one of the most pressing moral, ethical, and scientific issues of our time: the Brownback proposal to outlaw human cloning. Two alternative proposals would ban only ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Without debate, Louisiana's state Senate has voted to forbid government funding of efforts to perform what is often called "therapeutic cloning" to develop embryonic stem ...

What will the US Senate actually do about therapeutic cloning--the procedure of using nuclear transfer to derive embryonic stem cells? The saga continues with the sudden plot changes, reversals of ...

Cloning is a biotechnological process that involves creating genetically identical copies of an organism or cell. In essence, a clone is an exact genetic replica of the original organism or cell, ...

Just when you thought the issue of human cloning had been relegated to the background, it resurfaces once more to offer further proof that certain members of the House of Representatives just can't ...

Nov. 5 -- Remember human cloning? Less than a year ago, the leader of a religious sect known as the Raelians claimed they had produced the first human clone and named her "Eve." Then no evidence of ...

2002-04-11 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Turning up the heat in a major moral and biotechnological debate, President Bush rallied anti-cloning forces at the White House yesterday to try to defeat Sen.

BATON ROUGE (AP) -- The House has given final legislative passage to a bill that would ban government funding for what is sometimes called "therapeutic cloning." The practice involves taking a woman's ...

The UK's Royal Society presented a report (Stem cell research and therapeutic cloning) to members of parliament on 7 November, backing continued research into the use of cloned embryonic stem cells to ...

ST. LOUIS -- Adina Talve said she has never dreamed of being an athlete or an actress. Born with a congenital heart defect, she's already had four heart surgeries and may eventually need a transplant.

It is a troubling paradox of American politics: All too often the issues that most cry out for thoughtful, dispassionate consideration are reduced to sound bites. Further distorted in the name of ...