• Ethical issues specific to human cloning include: the safety and efficacy of the procedure, cloning for destructive embryonic stem cell research, the effects of reproductive cloning on the child/parent relationship, and the commodification of human life as a research product. (cbhd.org)
  • Recent developments in animal cloning coupled with advances in human embryonic stem cell research have heightened the need for legislation on this issue. (cbhd.org)
  • Despite this apparent setback, the field of embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning remains incredibly promising as demonstrated by some of our nation's leading scientists," says Daniel Perry, president of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • The elements of these experiments demonstrate something important to understand as we engage the culture on issues like embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning. (blogspot.com)
  • When Australia's federal parliament voted in 2002 to allow embryonic stem cell research, it stood united in its opposition to human cloning. (aleteia.org)
  • The U. S. Bishops had good reason to warn that progress toward cures using adult stem cells may be halted or slowed by campaigns that divert attention and resources toward embryonic stem cell research ( Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning ). (catholicaction.org)
  • The presenter, NRLC Past-President Dr. Wanda Franz, discusses the scientific interest in stem cell research, successes with adult stem cells, and the ethical implications of destroying human embryos for some potential future benefit to others. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
  • A critical look at the benefits of cloning and stem cell research. (academon.com)
  • Still, many people who could someday benefit from stem cell research are asking: Why is science being held back by politics? (wtnnews.com)
  • On the other are the complex medical and ethical issues involved with cloning and embryos for stem cell research. (kerryfinch.com)
  • We were told by Dr van Gend that the galloping horse of adult stem cell research and science has made magnificent progress with no help from cloning. (kerryfinch.com)
  • The therapeutic promise of stem cell research rests on using pluripotent stem cells, which can be grown into many of the types of cells found in the human body. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Adult stem cells have been used "to help people with Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, juvenile diabetes, lupus, multiple sclerosis, sickle-cell anemia, heart damage, corneal damage, and dozens of other conditions" (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning ). (catholicaction.org)
  • This is at least the third time in eight years that we have heard announcements of success in cloning human embryos for their stem cells, only to find that the claim has little basis in fact. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • In bioethics, there are a variety of ethical positions regarding the practice and possibilities of cloning. (wikipedia.org)
  • Indeed, even putting aside fundamental ethical considerations other than the patient's expectations, the present state of "therapeutic cloning" precludes, now and in the near future, any clinical application. (lifeissues.net)
  • To alleviate ethical concerns over the research and make the technology more acceptable, cloning advocates have manipulated the language to try and overcome ethical difficulties. (actionlife.org)
  • Cloning technology, however, is perceived as having the potential for reproductive cloning, which raises serious ethical and moral concerns. (who.int)
  • cloning embryonic human life, under any circumstances, crosses an ethical line, takes an irrevocable step,and leads us into a treacherous absurdity from which science can never turn back," stated Pope John Paul II. (actforlibraries.org)
  • An in-depth analysis of the ethical dilemma of cloning humans and animals. (academon.com)
  • 3 The resolution recognizes the need to respect the freedom of ethical scientific research and to ensure access to the benefits of its application. (who.int)
  • Certain issues in our society raise numerous emotional and ethical concerns as cloning and stem cells. (itmunch.com)
  • Although cloning advocates believe that reproductive cloning has the potential to improve the population vitality by maximizing favorable biologically-determined behavior and intelligence, it is universally rejected on ethical grounds since "reproductive cloning would amount to a procedure in which people were the experiment, the outcome of which could not be known until they were shown to posses the capacity of producing normal children" (Finlay, 2004, p. 15). (notabene-bg.org)
  • we are getting the great benefits of stem cell science by entirely ethical means. (kerryfinch.com)
  • The cloning revolution now leads us an ethical issue about human cloning. (exampleessays.com)
  • Thus, there is no prospect of human reproductive cloning being used, for now, so long as ordinary ethical guidelines are followed by researchers. (blogspot.com)
  • The artificial cloning of organisms, sometimes known as reproductive cloning, is often accomplished via somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), a cloning method in which a viable embryo is created from a somatic cell and an egg cell. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cloning is also known as "somatic cell nuclear transfer" (SCNT), the technical process by which cloning is performed. (cbhd.org)
  • Of course this proposed legislation is primarily concerned with embryos created by somatic cell nuclear transfer or SCNT cloning in which a twin embryo is created without using sperm. (kerryfinch.com)
  • If research involving human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is to achieve its potential for creating breakthrough medical therapies, additional new cell lines should be created, and therapeutic cloning--or somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)--should be employed, according to an expert panel of the National Academy of Sciences. (the-scientist.com)
  • Like Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT), the method used to clone Dolly in 1996, gameteless reproduction raises the question of the morality of cloning and other kinds of asexual reproduction, since it allows the creation of an embryo from one or more tissue donors. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Others who followed this story might conclude that stem cell therapies could lead to cures for diabetes and other diseases tomorrow, if only the state Legislature would allow therapeutic cloning of stem cells. (wtnnews.com)
  • And, as much as it makes sense to allow therapeutic cloning of stem cells, no UW-Madison scientist has plans to do so. (wtnnews.com)
  • China and Japan allow therapeutic cloning, but Canada strongly prohibits it. (kerryfinch.com)
  • In 1996, Dolly the sheep achieved notoriety for being the first mammal cloned from a somatic cell. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1997 Dolly the Sheep was the first mammal ever to be cloned. (cbhd.org)
  • That is how the first cloned sheep, named "Dolly", was created [3]. (who.int)
  • It turns out that somatic cell nuclear transfer - the process used to create Dolly and her cloned peers - is just not that efficient. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Specious arguments such as 'it is not an embryo because there was no sperm involved' - even though Dolly the sheep was cloned without sperm, but was undoubtedly a sheep embryo, born as a lamb. (kerryfinch.com)
  • Since the cloning of Dolly in 1996, reported in Nature early the following year, we have lived in an environment of moral panic arising from the theoretical prospect of human cloning. (blogspot.com)
  • From a biological standpoint, bringing cloned human embryos to birth would be dangerous for the human species. (lifeissues.net)
  • An overwhelming majority of scientists, lawyers, health care professionals, ethicists and the general public has spoken out strongly against creating a human baby via what is being termed 'reproductive cloning. (cbhd.org)
  • The truth surely lies somewhere between these extremes: the scandal implicates far more than a few Korean scientists, but it does not undermine science in general, unless one foolishly equates human cloning with all of science. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • 6. Scientists, philosophers, politicians and humanists agree on the need for an international ban on reproductive cloning. (lifeissues.net)
  • PATIENTS' groups and scientists are gearing up for a fight in the wake of a US House of Representatives vote for a ban on all human cloning, including therapeutic cloning and cloning for research purposes. (newscientist.com)
  • The concept of human cloning has long been in the imagination of many scientists, scholars and fiction writers [1]. (who.int)
  • However, while the success rate for cloning remains low, this does not mean the technology has ground to a halt: scientists still see great scientific and commercial potential. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The Raelians, which believe that humanity was the end product of a genetic engineering project run by highly intelligent extra-terrestrials, claimed their scientists had produced the world's first cloned baby, allegedly born by Caesarean section on December 26, 2002 to a 31-year-old American mother. (notabene-bg.org)
  • Scientists quickly dismissed Clonaid's claim of successful reproductive cloning as improbable and groundless, since at the time even most technologically advanced labs had not succeeded in producing a viable cloned human embryo. (notabene-bg.org)
  • With print and electronic media prodding them along, scientists, policymakers, business people, and the public have to consider the downside of inventions as well as the benefits. (the-scientist.com)
  • The United States must change these laws to allow scientists to derive stem cell lines from donated embryos and therapeutic cloning. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Very few, if any, reputable biomedical scientists condone attempts to produce a cloned human being. (nih.gov)
  • Presently, there are only proofs of principle behind this optimism, but these strongly suggest that if scientists are permitted to explore these opportunities, their benefits can be achieved. (nih.gov)
  • This year, a different group of scientists found a new therapeutic agent that seems to harm several different species of Leishmania parasites during the part of their life cycle when they are infecting human cells. (nih.gov)
  • If artificial cloning and natural cloning both lead to the same result, which is the formation of a clone, that is, an organism with identical or nearly identical genes to another organism, then the plight of This creation is very different between the two creatures. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cloning is commonly used to amplify DNA fragments containing whole genes, but it can also be used to amplify any DNA sequence such as promoters, non-coding sequences and randomly fragmented DNA. (wikipedia.org)
  • Increased diversity of plasmid-encoded antimicrobial resistance genes facilitates spread of these clones causing significant therapeutic difficulties. (nih.gov)
  • It has been well established that most of the non-human embryos produced through nuclear transfer cloning are abnormal, with a deficiency in several of the genes (imprinted and non imprinted) necessary to the development of the early embryo. (lifeissues.net)
  • Since the concept of cloning has been introduced, geneticists have cloned cells, tissues, genes and entire animals. (itmunch.com)
  • In order for cloning to take place, all genes must be active. (exampleessays.com)
  • Genetic therapy can be used to repair genes, treat cancer, germ-line therapy, therapeutic cloning and sport enhancements. (eliteessaywriters.com)
  • In addition, clinically relevant genes essential for normal auditory development and/or function are being identified and cloned at a rapid pace. (nih.gov)
  • New technologies, including the development of detailed maps via high throughput screening platforms, RNAi, ChIP-seq, combined with knock in and knock out technologies, have facilitated identification of new genes and their subsequent cloning and expression. (nih.gov)
  • Animal models such as the mouse continue to be instrumental in mapping and cloning many deafness genes. (nih.gov)
  • In addition, numerous animal and non-animal models are being used to study the function of the proteins encoded by deafness genes and to test therapeutic approaches and screen potential therapeutic drugs. (nih.gov)
  • We meticulously select our clones to ensure they possess top-notch genes, delivering the ultimate cannabis experience. (thecloneconservatory.com)
  • Cloning in higher species involves somatic cell nuclear transfer, a process in which the nucleus of a somatic (non-germ) cell is taken out and inserted into an enucleated fertilized female germ cell (egg, ovum). (who.int)
  • Somatic cell nuclear transfer, the most promising of the therapeutic cloning processes, has the potential to treat an approximated 100 million people who currently suffer from Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, heart disease, organ failure, and diabetes, to name a few. (actforlibraries.org)
  • Pluripotent stem cells may also be derived from somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning). (ucdavis.edu)
  • I.e. there is no rational basis to oppose the creation of human embryos by somatic cell nuclear transfer for directly therapeutic applications (if these become available) or for biomedical research that might lead to such applications. (blogspot.com)
  • But in contrast to Senator Brownback's proposed legislation, your bill takes a more enlightened position in permitting the somatic cell nuclear transplant procedure for research and therapeutic purposes. (nih.gov)
  • Therapeutic cloning is one of the vilest, morally revolting, prospects ever conceived of. (actforlibraries.org)
  • Notwithstanding the general agreement that human reproductive cloning is morally reprehensible and should be banned, there are intense disagreements on the use of cloning technology for research purposes (e.g., for the development of patient-specific hESC therapies). (notabene-bg.org)
  • It has also been argued that the killing of an embryo for medical research, whether left over from IVF treatment or therapeutically cloned, is reasonably and morally justifiable because an embryo is not a human being. (kerryfinch.com)
  • We are ethically and morally obliged to pursue them for the benefit of those who suffer. (nih.gov)
  • As well, cloning is asexual reproduction, which damages the dignity and meaning of human sexuality. (actionlife.org)
  • This latter type of cloning involves the creation and subsequent destruction of a clonal human embryo for the purposes of scientific or medical research. (cbhd.org)
  • Human therapeutic cloning involves intentional destruction of human life, Dr. Somerville stated. (actionlife.org)
  • 2. Nuclear transfer is a technique used to duplicate genetic material by creating an embryo through the transfer and fusion of a diploid cell in an enucleated female oocyte.2 Cloning has a broader meaning than nuclear transfer as it also involves gene replication and natural or induced embryo splitting (see Annex 1). (who.int)
  • A humble Finn Dorset sheep had turned on its head the widely held belief that mammalian cloning from adult cells was a scientific impossibility. (bbc.co.uk)
  • He said: "Mouse cloning is much more difficult than creating cow, sheep or pig clones. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Cloning began as an experiment on mice, frogs and then sheep but now it has ended up in experimenting MAN himself. (itmunch.com)
  • The experiments of cloning began in the 1980s on mammals such as sheep. (itmunch.com)
  • Cloning was represented as an extraordinary advance in the science of cloning because it resulted in the creation of a genetically identical clone of an already grown sheep. (itmunch.com)
  • If farmers could clone there best wool producing sheep, farmers could make better profits. (exampleessays.com)
  • Since that time, the discussion has turned towards the possibilities of cloning human beings either for research ("therapeutic") or reproductive purposes, and even as a potential means for organ farming. (cbhd.org)
  • But in this case, Dr. Hwang's studies were the field of allegedly successful human cloning for research purposes. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • 1. The Holy See is convinced of the need to support and promote scientific research for the benefit of humanity. (lifeissues.net)
  • The Holy See opposes the cloning of human embryos for the purpose of destroying them in order to harvest their stem cells, even for a noble purpose, because it is inconsistent with the ground and motive of human biomedical research, that is, respect for the dignity of human beings. (lifeissues.net)
  • 4. The so-called "therapeutic cloning", which would be better called "research cloning" because we are still far from therapeutic applications, has been proposed in order to avert the potential immune rejection of embryonic stem cells derived from a donor other than the host. (lifeissues.net)
  • These new technologies, in particular research on human cloning, open up the possibility of designing humans. (actionlife.org)
  • Dr. Somerville explained the two types of cloning research, reproductive and therapeutic. (actionlife.org)
  • According to a 2003 poll commissioned by the pro-biotech lobby group, the Coalition for Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR), "more than two-thirds of Americans support therapeutic cloning research to produce stem cells for treating life-threatening diseases and conditions. (reason.com)
  • These differing results probably hinged on the fact that the CAMR poll question described stem cells as coming from fertilized human eggs and listed the benefits of the research. (reason.com)
  • 5. In 2001, France and Germany requested the United Nations General Assembly to develop international conventions on human reproductive cloning, therapeutic cloning and research on stem cells. (who.int)
  • Gard supported a ban on the cloning of human stem cells for research purposes, and Elizabeth Kastner of Fish Creek believes his opposition to cloning is closing a possible avenue of help for her daughter, Isabel. (wtnnews.com)
  • The issue of what it means to be human - the beginning of life, the quality of life, the 'worth' of life and personhood - is critical to our thinking with respect to abortion, embryo research, cloning, eugenics and euthanasia. (chooselifeaustralia.org.au)
  • The framing of hESC research as a moral issue closely related to human cloning played a significant role in sustaining the public controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. (notabene-bg.org)
  • In the early years of hESC research, public fears were fueled by media hype and news stories about cloned human babies (Scott, 2006). (notabene-bg.org)
  • In America, Christian activists and anti-cloning advocacy groups spread misconceptions that research cloning involved making cloned human babies, rather than innovative stem cell therapies. (notabene-bg.org)
  • Public statements and media releases by opponents of hESC research not only blurred the differences between cloning for reproductive purposes and research cloning, but also questioned the latter's viability for the production of hESC therapies. (notabene-bg.org)
  • The conservative minority on the Council strongly advocated a nationwide ban on both reproductive and research cloning. (notabene-bg.org)
  • This bill, which duplicates legislation that has passed federally and in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, provides guidelines for therapeutic cloning in Tasmania, should any research organisation apply for a licence to do it some time in the future. (kerryfinch.com)
  • Would it not be fair to say that research based on therapeutic cloning is more likely to be based in the major medical research centres? (kerryfinch.com)
  • We trust that you will resist false arguments that attempt to dehumanise the cloned embryo - a rhetorical strategy intended to make these embryos available as mere raw material for research. (kerryfinch.com)
  • Some argue that the cloning of human embryos is unnecessary because there have been significant advances in research using adult stem cells. (kerryfinch.com)
  • The vast medical potential of the research stands to benefit more than 128 million Americans in significant ways. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Worse still, bans on human cloning are extended to cloning for the purposes of research or therapy. (blogspot.com)
  • Shanahan asserts that the possibility of allowing human cloning for therapeutic or research purposes should be dismissed, despite the contrary recommendations of an important government report that was issued in December last year. (blogspot.com)
  • Of course businesses conducting this research would prefer to have the American taxpayer take the risks involved with research that has so far produced no benefits, even as they plan to reap the profits should it ever prove successful. (catholicaction.org)
  • Gestational surrogacy (also known as gestational cloning, biobanking, artificial biotechnology, and sometimes referred to as 'therapeutic cloning' or 'cloning for medical research purposes) is a form of assisted reproductive technology that allows a couple unable to biologically produce offspring to create a baby. (thenewhopecenter.com)
  • Indeed, cloning is at the core of some of the most important recent advances in biomedical research. (nih.gov)
  • Malgré les indéniables bénéfices thérapeutiques apportés par le RTX, la résurgence invariable du clone leucémique fait de la LLC une pathologie incurable. (sudoc.fr)
  • Despite therapeutic benefits induced by RTX, the invariable resurgence of leukemic clone makes CLL an incurable disease. (sudoc.fr)
  • After years of touting so-called "therapeutic cloning" - the idea that stem cells from cloned blastocysts would supply every sick person with his own "biological repair kit" - no one has achieved even the first step toward making this medical dream a reality. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • other laboratories can make only cloned blastocysts (early-stage embryos), but not full-term offspring. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Though both seek a ban on what is being called 'reproductive' cloning--in which a clonal human embryo is implanted in a woman with the intent that a cloned human being will be born--they differ dramatically with respect to what is being termed 'therapeutic' cloning. (cbhd.org)
  • In the field of biotechnology, cloning is the process of creating cloned organisms of cells and of DNA fragments. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cloning is a dominant topic under the broader category of biotechnology. (cbhd.org)
  • One of the greatest controversies triggered by the rapid pace of evolution in biology, particularly in genomics and biotechnology, has been the technique of cloning. (who.int)
  • Embryonic stem-cell experiments have not yet produced a single unqualified therapeutic success, not even in animal models. (lifeissues.net)
  • Moreover, a non-human primate model of cloning, which would be necessary in order to conduct experiments to establish safety before attempting therapeutic experiments in human beings, has yet to be developed. (lifeissues.net)
  • It must be conceded that there is currently no obvious way to overcome the technological difficulties with reproductive cloning - at least not without conducting experiments that would clearly be unethical. (blogspot.com)
  • Dr Teruhiko Wakayama, of the Center for Developmental Biology in Riken, Japan, was part of the team that created the first cloned mouse, Cumulin, born in 1997. (bbc.co.uk)
  • WHA50.37 of 1997 argues that human cloning is ethically unacceptable and contrary to human integrity and morality. (who.int)
  • The discovery of current mutational processes for predicting the tumor's evolutionary trajectory requires dense sequencing of individual clones or single cells. (elifesciences.org)
  • Analyzing shared mutations within individual clones can be used to deduce mutational processes that may have been operational during the evolution of a tumor. (elifesciences.org)
  • Isolation of the individual clones can be achieved as single cells can give rise to organoids. (cshl.edu)
  • Besides this clear violation of morality, we must also consider the circumstacical premises under which therapeutic cloning would be socially and ethically inadmissible. (actforlibraries.org)
  • WHA50.37, which states "the use of cloning for the replication of human individuals is ethically unacceptable and contrary to human integrity and morality. (who.int)
  • An argument that therapeutic and reproductive human cloning are unethical. (academon.com)
  • MPs who reject cloning as unethical can reassure their constituents that it is also unnecessary. (kerryfinch.com)
  • Some cloning advocates claim that this event has no implications beyond the malfeasance of a few Korean researchers. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • Despite Clonaid and other human cloning advocates' claims, the birth of Eve and cloned human babies had never been verified independently. (notabene-bg.org)
  • Occasionally, the term cloning is misleadingly used to refer to the identification of the chromosomal location of a gene associated with a particular phenotype of interest, such as in positional cloning. (wikipedia.org)
  • Identification of the Menkes gene by positional cloning has enabled molecular diagnosis of females who carry the gene and at-risk fetuses in certain families, enhancing preventive efforts. (medscape.com)
  • First, if a ban only on reproductive cloning were adopted, enforcement would require the legally mandated destruction of human embryos created via cloning. (cbhd.org)
  • A better understanding of the diseased PC and their milieu will enable the development of novel therapeutic tools capable of improving the outcome of this incurable blood cancer. (tmeresearch.org)
  • [ 2 ] Knowledge gleaned from such efforts may ultimately suggest the novel therapeutic strategies needed to achieve normal neurologic outcomes in patients with Menkes kinky hair disease regardless of mutation severity. (medscape.com)
  • People who are against cloning bring up points of morality and religion. (exampleessays.com)
  • The prospect of gameteless reproduction not only makes even more pressing the ongoing debate about the morality and legality of human cloning, but also raises moral and legal questions that are not widely known and discussed, even among the staunchest opponents of ESCR. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Furthermore, when the less aggressive line was co-cultured with the highly metastatic breast line, the invasive potential of both lines was enhanced, and this outcome was dependent on the co-option (through TGF-β1 autocrine-paracrine signalling) of the weakly metastatic clone into expressing an enhanced malignant phenotype that benefited both clones (i.e., a "help me help you" strategy). (biomedcentral.com)
  • That is, if it were legal to create clonal embryos for 'therapeutic'--but not for reproductive--purposes, the demise of these embryos would be required in order to prevent the illegal practice of reproductive cloning from occurring. (cbhd.org)
  • Through cloning scientist can see possibilities of the ability to clone pigs that can produce organs such as hearts that will not be rejected by a humans immune system. (exampleessays.com)
  • Another example of artificial cloning is molecular cloning, a technique in molecular biology in which a single living cell is used to clone a large population of cells that contain identical DNA molecules. (wikipedia.org)
  • Molecular cloning refers to the process of making multiple molecules. (wikipedia.org)
  • Specifically, we suggest that synergistic cooperative interactions can easily emerge, regardless of the degree of overall genetic/genealogical relatedness, via crosstalk involving metastatic clones able to constitutively secrete molecules that induce and maintain their own malignant state (producer-responder clones) and clones that have the ability to respond to those signals (responder clones) and express a synergistic metastatic behaviour. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For example, cloning DNA molecules was essential for revealing the human genome sequence. (nih.gov)
  • un tel dialogue prendra en considération non seulement les bienfaits scientifiques mais également les implications morales, éthiques et juridiques. (who.int)
  • There are serious repercussions and implications which must also be dually noted when over viewing therapeutic cloning's supposed "benefits. (actforlibraries.org)
  • 3. Creating awareness among ministries of health in the African Region will provide them with critical and relevant information on the reproductive cloning of human beings and its implications to the health status of the general population. (who.int)
  • The implications of that prospect have been thrashed out by philosophers, ethicists, and others ever since, and a clear outcome has emerged in the debate: subject to safety considerations, there is no reason to ban any form of human cloning. (blogspot.com)
  • Therapeutic cloning opens up the possibility of genetic enhancement and dis-enhancement-gene-rich people and gene-poor people. (actionlife.org)
  • Recent studies have demonstrated that cancer-associated gene mutations exist in histologically normal or precancerous clones of the human esophageal epithelium. (bvsalud.org)
  • Gene cloning is the formation of more than one copy of the same gene. (itmunch.com)
  • Dr. Hwang Woo Suk and his colleagues, the only researchers in the world to convince the scientific community that they had cloned human embryos and derived embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from them, are now seen as having perpetrated a massive deception. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • As the New York Times has observed, "The technique for cloning human cells, which seemed to have been achieved since March 2004, now turns out not to exist at all, forcing cloning researchers back to square one. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • Although ACT's researchers only managed to bring one cloned embryo to the six-cell stage - and whether they created an embryo at all remains uncertain - they were certainly not able to obtain any stem cells. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • Such "fetus farming" is now apparently seen by some researchers as the new paradigm for human "therapeutic cloning," and some state laws on cloning (e.g. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • Cloning could also help researchers cure any number of diseases. (exampleessays.com)
  • In order to determine that the transformations work properly and the cells are safe for therapeutic use, researchers need to compare the iPS cells to ES cells, which means destroying embryos. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • Natural cloning is the production of clones without the involvement of genetic engineering techniques. (wikipedia.org)
  • The main difference between the two is that natural cloning does not involve any human intervention, whereas artificial cloning is a genetic engineering technique. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some studies published by Advanced Cell Technology and others have been touted as showing benefits from stem cells harvested from cloned animal embryos - but in each case, the study had to achieve its therapeutic goal by implanting the embryo in an animal's uterus and growing it to the fetal stage, then killing the fetus for more developed fetal stem cells. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • 2 The multiple therapeutic achievements that have been demonstrated using adult stem cells, and the promise they hold for other diseases, such as neurodegenerative disorders or diabetes, make efforts to support this fruitful avenue of investigation an urgent matter. (lifeissues.net)
  • However, the use of cloned embryonic stem cells entails a high risk of introducing cells from abnormal embryos into patients. (lifeissues.net)
  • The transfer of such cloned embryonic stem cells into a patient would be therefore extremely hazardous: these cells might provoke genetic disorders, or initiate leukemias or other cancers. (lifeissues.net)
  • In its simplest form, cloning is defined as the exact replication of cells. (who.int)
  • Furthermore, if therapeutic cloning institutes itself as a permissible practice, women might be offered a capitalistic incentive because of the limited availability of donated egg cells. (actforlibraries.org)
  • The Trust Fund offers a 30-minute DVD titled "Stem Cells and Cloning. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
  • This easy-to-follow introduction to the topic discusses what stem cells are, the difference between adult and embryonic stem cells, and the use of so-called "therapeutic cloning" to obtain embryonic stem cells. (nationalrighttolifenews.org)
  • This suggests that most of these mutant clones are kept in a histologically normal state by neighboring cells with higher competitive fitness. (bvsalud.org)
  • During cancer therapy, these cancer cells not only respond to therapeutic agents but also compete with each other. (bvsalud.org)
  • Due to their central role in the activity of therapeutic MoAb, NK cells are a prime target of new immunotherapeutic strategies. (sudoc.fr)
  • These creatures were cloned from early and partially differentiated embryonic cells. (itmunch.com)
  • Sequencing of single cells or small populations of spatially-related cells offer the promise to resolve this issue by the detection of cell-specific or clone-specific mutations ( Figure 1-figure supplement 1 ). (elifesciences.org)
  • A ban on cloning as a means of producing live born human beings will prove to be unenforceable unless it also bans cloning for any other purpose - including the use of cloning to produce human embryos as sources of stem cells or for other experimentation. (notabene-bg.org)
  • As the Director of the National Adult Stem Cell Centre, Professor Alan MacKay-Sim told the Senate last year, the purpose for using therapeutic cloning can be achieved with adult stem cells. (kerryfinch.com)
  • While opponents of ESCR hailed this announcement as a sign that iPS cells could provide the full therapeutic promise of ES cells, the methods were still in their infancy. (thepublicdiscourse.com)
  • When this cloned embryo reaches the proper stage, cells from the blastocyst can be harvested in the same way they are taken from donated embryos. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Moreover, considering that single targeting agents may eliminate a certain subpopulation of tumor cells while leaving others unharmed, it is necessary to analyze the tumor transcriptome at high resolution to detect drug-resistant clones that may be concealed within ITH. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The cells harbouring these antibodies are then isolated and the genetic sequence of the antibody is cloned from each cell into a circular form of DNA that allows the antibodies to be produced in the lab. (scienceblog.com)
  • But I think in all honesty if there's any benefit it may come from optimising things like the inflammatory response and finding ways to make new vessels form from the heart itself, not from cells you put in. (eurostemcell.org)
  • However, recent studies have challenged the dogma that stromal cells always act to benefit the pancreatic cancer cells. (cshl.edu)
  • Still, if those who believe that pluripotent stem cells (the ones extracted by destroying human embryos) offer the greatest promise, despite their lack of therapeutic usefulness to date, they should work to develop ever better methods for reprogramming adult cells to produce the same type of pluripotent stem cells. (catholicaction.org)
  • Therapeutic cloning attempts to clone a cell and manipulate the clone to differentiate and produce organs for transplantation. (actionlife.org)
  • Cloning is the process of generating a genetically identical copy of a cell or an organism. (itmunch.com)
  • 3 Because the prospect of human cloning carries great potential to impact humanity in ways previously only imagined, it is exceedingly important that Congress adopt legislation that will protect society and the citizens who live in it--both now and for generations to come. (cbhd.org)
  • Therapeutic cloning possesses enormous potential for revolutionizing medical and therapeutic techniques. (who.int)
  • This strain is also known for its potential therapeutic benefits, including stress relief, pain management, and insomnia relief. (clonesmart.com)
  • Overall, Yoda OG is a highly regarded cannabis strain that offers a delightful combination of flavors, potent effects, and therapeutic potential. (clonesmart.com)
  • Indeed, if clonal human embryos were created in the laboratory for 'therapeutic' purposes, the mandate that they not be implanted or otherwise allowed to progress toward birth would prove very difficult to defend. (cbhd.org)
  • Therapeutic cloning purposes a radically new process by which to "theoretically" treat and cure many diseases and illnesses. (actforlibraries.org)
  • Whether you seek cannabis clones for sale for therapeutic purposes, recreational enjoyment, or your personal cultivation project, our selection has something exceptional to offer. (thecloneconservatory.com)
  • The term 'cloning', before it was tainted by attributing nefarious purposes to it, is a legitimate scientific term to describe the preparation of an 'infinite' number of copies of, for example, a single molecule, a cell, a virus or a bacterium. (nih.gov)
  • Using CRISPR/Cas-9 and anti-PAPP-A antibodies, we investigated biological roles for PAPP-A in EWS in vitro and in vivo in NSG xenograft models and performed RNA-sequencing on PAPPA knockout clones (n = 5) and controls (n = 3). (nih.gov)
  • .'5 Although abortion is currently legal in this country, the majority of U.S. citizens would surely react strongly against and refuse to adhere to a governmental policy that mandated the destruction of human life (or the punishment/ incarceration of women known to have defied the law by giving birth to human clones). (cbhd.org)
  • Dive into the possibilities, nurture your passion, and experience the satisfaction of growing your cannabis plants from clones that represent the pinnacle of genetic excellence. (thecloneconservatory.com)
  • A review of the controversy surrounding organ cloning. (academon.com)
  • Among all of this controversy, there are benefits to cloning. (exampleessays.com)
  • To explore if and how genetically distant clones can cooperate during migration and invasion, this study used three distinct cancer cell lines with different metastatic potentials. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It may be that "therapeutic cloning" cannot be made to work without conducting the "reproductive cloning" that almost everyone condemns - placing embryos in women's wombs, in this case in order to abort them later for their more developed tissues. (thenewatlantis.com)
  • This includes using tumour cell lines, engineering islet cell precursors, knowledge of the mechanisms of differentiation, regeneration and growth and, finally, therapeutic cloning of human tissues. (nih.gov)
  • Therefore, independent investigation of mRCC and pRCC tumor tissues is essential to comprehend the intratumoral landscape within a patient and ultimately to achieve sustainable therapeutic benefit through a rational drug combination design. (biomedcentral.com)
  • But the cows were not just clones - they had been genetically engineered too. (bbc.co.uk)
  • We have also heard about three cloned cows. (exampleessays.com)
  • The Clone Conservatory preserves the world's most potent cannabis strains and provides them to patients as mature plants for cultivation. (thecloneconservatory.com)
  • Cloning has been proposed as a means of reviving extinct species. (wikipedia.org)
  • depictions commonly involve themes related to identity, the recreation of historical figures or extinct species, or cloning for exploitation (i.e. cloning soldiers for warfare). (wikipedia.org)
  • This is reproductive cloning, and can in theory be applied to any species of mammals, including humans. (who.int)
  • But crack this for one species and you still haven't solved the complexities of cloning - it also turns out that early development in different mammalian species is incredibly varied. (bbc.co.uk)
  • He says this is because each species has a different and specific nuclear transfer "recipe", or protocol, required for cloning success. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Altering an animal's DNA to give it special characteristics is not easy, and in some species, cloning to copy these successful changes many times over offers the only viable way of doing this. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Another ways it can benefit animals is we now have the ability to save endangered species. (exampleessays.com)
  • Through cloning we can now clone endangered species so that they are no longer endangered. (exampleessays.com)
  • Reproductive cloning attempts to reproduce a child identical to the cell donor. (actionlife.org)
  • Today, on average, it takes about 150 to 200 attempts to create one clone. (bbc.co.uk)
  • In the midst of this summer's rancorous US House of Representatives debate over the legality of cloning, an exasperated Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) complained, "Mr. Speaker, we really should not be debating this at all. (the-scientist.com)
  • These observations lead to the development of new therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (MoAb), among them GA101 (obinutuzumab), a glyco-engineered MoAb with enhanced efficacy. (sudoc.fr)
  • Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) - that is, antibodies that are identical clones of one another - have emerged over the past few decades as effective therapies for various medical conditions, including cancers and autoimmune disorders. (scienceblog.com)
  • The vast majority of adult implant recipients derive substantial benefit in conjunction with speechreading, and many are able to communicate by telephone. (nih.gov)
  • The tricky bit lies in getting the donor cell, say the skin cell, to "forget" that it is a skin cell, and to begin behaving like a stem cell - a cell that can transform into any other cell in the body - so it can go on to make a cloned embryo. (bbc.co.uk)
  • If a clone were used as an organ donor it would negate the chance of the recipients immune system rejecting the organ, because it is a genetic match. (exampleessays.com)
  • Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical genomes, either by natural or artificial means. (wikipedia.org)
  • Human cloning is the creation of a human being whose genetic make-up is nearly identical 1 to that of a currently or previously existing individual. (cbhd.org)
  • The aim of a risk-adapted therapeutic approach is to define patient groups associated with favorable or adverse clinical outcomes and tailor treatment accordingly. (medscape.com)
  • We tend to overemphasize the benefits of technological advances, and underestimate the negative outcomes. (actionlife.org)
  • Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), the most prevalent type of sporadic kidney cancer, is often associated with malignant disease progression and poor therapeutic outcomes [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 1. Cloning is an umbrella term traditionally used to describe different processes for duplicating biological material. (who.int)
  • Understanding what mutational processes have taken place within a tumor and what drives them mechanistically, is highly desirable since this could provide opportunities for therapeutic intervention or for predicting the evolutionary trajectory of a tumor. (elifesciences.org)
  • The combination of single-use technology with template processes make it possible to go from clone selection to GMP product in twelve months, whereas the typical timeframe is on the order of 15 to 18 months or longer for a company doing this for the first time. (biopharminternational.com)
  • Natural cloning occurs through a variety of natural mechanisms, from single-celled organisms to complex multicellular organisms. (wikipedia.org)
  • Unicellular organisms are primed to replicate (clone) themselves by nature. (who.int)
  • Similarly, cloned DNA is critical to the fight against bioterrorism because it has already been used in the determination of the entire genome sequences of several organisms identified as bioweapons. (nih.gov)
  • The challenge now is to incorporate this biological knowledge into a therapeutic strategy in order to improve patient outcome. (medscape.com)
  • Livestock can also use cloning to help produce biological proteins that help people who have diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's and Cystic Fibrosis. (exampleessays.com)
  • 3. Media reports on nuclear transfer are usually about one form, reproductive nuclear transfer, also known as reproductive cloning of human beings . (who.int)
  • The technique that is used to clone the animals is called nuclear transfer and as it improves it could dramatically benefit the agricultural industry. (exampleessays.com)
  • Through nuclear transfer children who need an organ transplant could have a clone born to donate organs. (exampleessays.com)
  • However, a number of other features are needed, and a variety of specialised cloning vectors (small piece of DNA into which a foreign DNA fragment can be inserted) exist that allow protein production, affinity tagging, single-stranded RNA or DNA production and a host of other molecular biology tools. (wikipedia.org)
  • By comparing our genetic and transcriptome data with the results of our therapeutic testing, we are working to identify molecular signatures that correlate with treatment response. (cshl.edu)