Human Cloning

Human reproductive cloning – producing a genetic copy of an existing person using somatic cell nuclear transfer – has never been done. Many scientists believe that it can never be safe. In opinion polls, , overwhelming majorities consistently reject its use. The U.S. has no federal law on human reproductive cloning, but several states, dozens of countries, and international agreements prohibit it.

Research cloning – producing cloned human embryos from which to derive embryonic stem cells (theoretically for customized medical treatment or research) – has been supplanted by techniques to derive pluripotent stem cells from somatic cells. Concerns raised by research cloning include its reliance on large numbers of women’s eggs (involving risks that are understudied and often downplayed), unrealistic claims about “personalized” therapies, and the need for effective oversight to prevent rogue use of cloned embryos for reproductive human cloning.

Scientists successfully clone monkeys; are humans up next?

By Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 01.24.2018

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For the first time, researchers have used the cloning technique that produced Dolly the sheep to create healthy monkeys, bringing science an important step closer to being able to do the same with humans.

Since Dolly’s birth in 1996, scientists...

Animal Biotechnologies

Born This Week: Dolly the Sheep

By Pete Shanks | 07.03.2019

Biopolitical Times

A Star is Born

On July 5, 1996, the most famous individual sheep in history was born: Dolly, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

Scientists had cloned frogs previously, but many considered using an adult mammalian cell to produce a new creature with the same genome to be impossible. There was no public notice on the day of Dolly’s birth; the announcement was made on February 24, 1997, by Ian Wilmut and colleagues at the Roslin Institute, Scotland...

Animal Biotechnologies

Reproductive Cloning Arguments Pro and Con

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We’re Getting Closer to Cloning Humans. Here’s What’s Stopping Us.

By Claudia Geib, Futurism [cites CGS] | 04.16.2018

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If sci-fi writers of the past somehow visited us today, they might wonder: where are all the clones?

As recently...

Society

Germline Warfare

By Ralph Brave, The Nation | 04.07.2003

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Human Cloning

Human Biotechnology: Responding to Emerging Dangerous New Human Genetics

By Jesse Reynolds, Z Magazine | 03.31.2003

CGS-authored

Human Cloning

Human Cloning and Genetic Technology

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The Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Center for Genetics and Society, and the Worldwatch Institute cordially invite you to a briefing and discussion on

Human Cloning and Genetic Technology: The Global Challenge to Social Justice, Human Rights and the Environment

Date:	Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Time:	4:00pm - 5:30pm (light refreshments afterward!)
Location:	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Root Room (Second Floor) 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Metro:	Dupont Circle (Red Line)

Speakers:

Richard Hayes, Executive Director, Center for Genetics and Society
Jurema Werneck, Executive Director, CRIOLA - Afro-Brazilian Women's Movement
John Passacantando, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
Gina Maranto, University of Miami, Author of The Quest for Perfection
Brian Halweil, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute

Moderator: Marc Berthold, Program Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation

The new human genetic technologies hold both great promise and great peril. Come hear why liberals, progressives, environmentalists, feminists, human rights advocates, disability rights leaders and others are concerned, and what they believe is the responsible course of action now.

RSVP with name, title, organization, department, phone, fax, and email to Ronny Kittler, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Phone: (202) 462-7512, Fax (202) 462-5230, Email: ronny@boell.org.

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