• It took 127 eggs and 79 embryos to get these results, and it still required a fetus to work (Dolly was cloned from an adult). (engadget.com)
  • Human cloning involves creating embryos with the intent of implanting them in women to produce children. (boloji.com)
  • The bill also applies Federal ethical regulations on human subject research and outlaws the transfer of cloned embryos to a woman's uterus or to any artificial womb. (boloji.com)
  • At the same time, the statement calls for a five-year moratorium on the use of cloning to create human embryos for research purposes. (boloji.com)
  • The Catholic Church has always held that stem-cell research and therapies are morally acceptable, as long as they don't involve the creation and destruction of human embryos. (archstl.org)
  • Particularly valuable animals could be cloned from adult cells without the uncertainties of crossing them with other animals or tinkering with embryos. (newscientist.com)
  • Researchers there are working on technology that induces human skin cells to change into the kind of stem cells that have been created by embryos. (cbc.ca)
  • In the build-up to the debate, a group of patient and medical research advocates yesterday pleaded with UN delegates not to forbid the cloning of human embryos for medical research. (bioedonline.org)
  • This includes both reproductive cloning to make babies, and the creation of human embryos for use in medical research. (bioedonline.org)
  • These countries argue that cloning for research should be allowed because stem cells grown from cloned embryos might lead to cures for countless diseases. (bioedonline.org)
  • President George W. Bush opposes the creation of human embryos for medical research, but challenger John Kerry supports it, and the two have sparred publicly about their differences. (bioedonline.org)
  • The main issue as to whether or not human cloning is possible through the splitting of embryos began in 1993 when experimentation was done at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington D. C. There Dr. Jerry Hall experimented with the possibility of human cloning and began this moral and ethical debate. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Shannon Brownlee of U. S. News & World Report writes, "Hall and other scientists split single humans embryos into identical copies, a technology that opens a Pandora's box of ethical questions and has sparked a storm of controversy around the world" (24). (benjaminbarber.org)
  • They attempted to create seventeen human embryos in a laboratory dish and when it had grown enough, separated them into forty-eight individual cells. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Two of the separated cells survived for a few days in the lab developed into new human embryos smaller than the head of a pin and consisting of thirty-two cells each (Brownlee 24). (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Cloning embryos is different from the genetic process of in vitro fertilization, but still holds many similarities with it. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • law and experiments on human embryos and cloning have not come to the senate floor for a vote. (prolifeaction.org)
  • The first procedure involves a technique that is used during in-vitro fertilization procedures in which embryos are screened before implantation into the womb. (christianliferesources.com)
  • Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, destructive experimentation on human embryos, and efforts to redefine marriage fall under this category. (vacatholic.org)
  • The stem cells suits human needs, does not cause harm and can be obtained from both adult and fetal does not conflict with religious beliefs, it has tissues, umbilical cord and early embryos. (who.int)
  • Unicellular for those cells that are derived from human organisms are primed to replicate (clone) pre-embryos, which seem to have a high themselves by nature. (who.int)
  • These preparatory interregional and interdisciplinary meetings focused on the following areas: cloning and human reproductive health, biologicals, organ transplantation, research, and medical genetics. (who.int)
  • The main objection to the use of human cloning for reproductive purposes is that it would be contrary to human dignity as it would violate the uniqueness and indeterminateness of the human being. (who.int)
  • Some, however, consider that reproductive cloning could be acceptable in certain cases, such as otherwise untreatable infertility, or to avoid inherited genetic diseases. (who.int)
  • In terms of existing ethical guidelines for biomedical research involving human subjects, human cloning for reproductive purposes raises concerns about risk in relation to benefit, informed consent, and accountability. (who.int)
  • Human cloning for reproductive purposes is seen as having the potential to disrupt intergenerational relations and family structures, with major psychological, social and legal consequences for the individuals and communities concerned. (who.int)
  • Some also perceive reproductive cloning as a high-technology intervention of little relevance to the health needs of the vast majority of the world's population. (who.int)
  • Before the announcement in February 1997 of the cloning of a sheep by somatic cell nuclear transfer, existing legislation in a number of countries already precluded human cloning for reproductive purposes, sometimes implicitly. (who.int)
  • Since then, many countries have adopted government decrees or introduced legislation to impose an explicit ban on human cloning for reproductive purposes. (who.int)
  • Reproductive cloning is performed with the express intent of creating another organism. (echeat.com)
  • Their 'Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2002' would prohibit human reproductive cloning by imposing significant criminal and civil penalties in the form of fines (at least $1 million) and up to ten years in prison. (boloji.com)
  • Further, cloning advocates are seeking to appropriate the language of reproductive rights and freedom of choice to support their case. (boloji.com)
  • At the moment, nearly every government is adamantly opposed to reproductive cloning. (bioedge.org)
  • Last year they used the same reproductive technology to create the world's first cloned lambs (Nature, vol 380, p 64). (newscientist.com)
  • The other group of countries, led by Belgium and backed by over 20 countries, wants a ban on reproductive cloning only. (bioedonline.org)
  • Dolly's creation triggered fears of human reproductive cloning, or producing genetic copies of living or dead people, but mainstream scientists have ruled this out as far too dangerous. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • 2. Over the years, the international community has tried without success to build a consensus on an international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • 7. The WHO Regional Committee for Africa is invited to review this document for information and guidance concerning reproductive cloning of human beings. (who.int)
  • 3. Media reports on nuclear transfer are usually about one form, reproductive nuclear transfer, also known as reproductive cloning of human beings . (who.int)
  • 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)
  • Since the term "born" has been used as an essential part of the definition of " reproductive cloning " used by Weissman, the National Academy of Sciences, etc., then it is critical to use the accurate term with the proper meaning. (lifeissues.net)
  • Otherwise, such a treaty would not recognize the inherent human nature of the early human embryo or fetus until after birth , and thus cloning them and using them for research - both "therapeutic" and "reproductive" -- would not be banned, and women undergoing "infertility treatments" could surely be put in danger. (lifeissues.net)
  • Cloning technology, however, is perceived as having the potential for reproductive cloning, which raises serious ethical and moral concerns. (who.int)
  • Reproductive cloning versus germ cell (egg, ovum). (who.int)
  • The MC-813-70 antibody reacts with stage-specific embryonic antigen-4 (SSEA-4), a glycolipid carbohydrate antigen expressed on the surface of human embryonal carcinoma (EC), embryonic germ (EG), undifferentiated embryonic stem (ES) and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, a subset of mesenchymal stem cells, and rhesus monkey ES cell lines. (stemcell.com)
  • That's why Father Pacholczyk, director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia, said that the efforts to help people understand the immorality of embryo reserch, including human cloning, must focus on humanizing the issue and appreciating our own embryonic origins, not just on the desired results of embryonic or other types of stem-cell research. (archstl.org)
  • A decade later, cloning came to the forefront in Missouri with the narrow passage of Amendment 2, a ballot initiative in 2006 that constitutionally protects embryonic stem-cell research and human cloning. (archstl.org)
  • The first clinical trials involving a patient receiving human embryonic stem cells began in October 2010 at the Shepard Center, a spinal cord injury hospital in Atlanta. (cbc.ca)
  • But the August poll found ten times more Australians prefer adult stem cell research to studies involving embryonic stem cells. (lifenews.com)
  • The scenario is an open public hearing of a research ethics committee, to decide on granting a licence for a clinical trial using human embryonic stem cells to treat spinal cord injuries. (eurostemcell.org)
  • 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)
  • Given the promise of stem cell research for treating and perhaps curing a variety of debilitating diseases, our committee felt strongly that research not be limited, but include work on both human adult and embryonic stem cells," stated committee chair Bert Vogelstein , professor of oncology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in. (the-scientist.com)
  • So when I was recently contacted by an earnest and amiable member of a local school board who was concerned about the questionable manner in which the issue of "stem cell" research - both human embryonic and adult - was presented to the high school students in his district in a currently-used science textbook, I agreed to evaluate that section in the text for him. (lifeissues.net)
  • In my opinion there is no question but that the scientific information on stem cell research included in this science text book being used in Illinois schools incorporates some inaccurate scientific facts, and seems to be very partial to the use of human embryonic "stem cell" research. (lifeissues.net)
  • Derivation and differentiation of haploid human embryonic stem cells. (nature.com)
  • Once endemic in a NICU, NRCS-A strains expose infected neonates to a risk of therapeutic failure because treatment of neonatal sepsis involving methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci is usually based on vancomycin and aminoglycosides, to which NRCS-A isolates are not susceptible ( 3 - 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • In therapeutic cloning on the other hand, genetic material from a body cell is inserted into an egg cell, replacing the nucleus. (boloji.com)
  • However, the Senate bill does allow for therapeutic cloning, known as 'nuclear transplantation', for research on therapies that could cure several serious and life-threatening diseases. (boloji.com)
  • The Society for Women's Health Research, a non-profit group, agrees that therapeutic cloning should be allowed. (boloji.com)
  • The potential of therapeutic cloning for treating, and perhaps curing, a variety of debilitating diseases demands that the scientific community be allowed to continue this promising work. (boloji.com)
  • And even then, it seems unlikely that countries such as Britain, which fund and support therapeutic cloning, would alter their research programmes. (bioedonline.org)
  • better, the idea that researchers are currently at work on a technique known as "therapeutic cloning" in the hope of producing tissues and organs for transplant into human beings might strike you as a nightmare scenario straight out of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein . (newsreview.com)
  • But the truth is that therapeutic cloning is the best hope medical science can offer to victims of Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injuries, diabetes and hosts of other incurable conditions, and the potential benefits are simply too great to let fear get the best of us. (newsreview.com)
  • That's why state Senator Deborah Ortiz's bill legalizing therapeutic cloning is so important. (newsreview.com)
  • What is therapeutic cloning and why is it controversial? (newsreview.com)
  • Religious conservatives have fought therapeutic cloning as morally wrong, essentially because it involves the destruction of a human egg cell. (newsreview.com)
  • That possibility can best be averted by ensuring that therapeutic cloning is legal and regulated. (newsreview.com)
  • Ortiz's bill takes a vital step in the right direction by legalizing therapeutic cloning research in California. (newsreview.com)
  • Therapeutic cloning possesses enormous potential for revolutionizing medical and thera- peutic techniques. (who.int)
  • This is therapeutic cloning. (who.int)
  • This cell then has therapeutic cloning: the global the capacity to divide and grow into an exact replica of the original from whom the debate somatic cell was taken. (who.int)
  • The National Institutes of Health defines a human embryo as "the developing organism from the time of fertilization until the end of the eighth week of gestation. (archstl.org)
  • Opponents argue that any embryo has the potential to develop into a mature human. (cbc.ca)
  • The first way involves splitting an embryo into several halves and creating many new individuals from that embryo. (benjaminbarber.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)
  • It involves extracting a cell from an embryo and then stimulating that cell to produce stem cells. (christianliferesources.com)
  • My 400-page doctoral dissertation was titled, A Philosophical and Scientific Analysis of the Nature of the Early Human Embryo (Georgetown University 1991). (lifeissues.net)
  • But it is perhaps not auspicious to quote him for purposes of the scientific debates on human cloning, because Ramsey agreed with and supported the scientific myth of the "pre-embryo" 47 made famous by Jesuit Richard McCormick and frog embryologist Clifford Grobstein. (lifeissues.net)
  • Thus, while Ramsey agreed that there is a human being present immediately at fertilization, he did not agree that it was also a human embryo or a human person - the classic "pre-embryo" argument. (lifeissues.net)
  • The human embryo did not begin until after 14-days, thus the above quote from Saunders would not apply. (lifeissues.net)
  • Perhaps Ramsey would give other extraordinarily powerful arguments as to why human cloning is unethical, but he obviously would not be able to base it on his unscientific "pre-embryo" position. (lifeissues.net)
  • 6. " ... any living human embryo has the inherent 'potential' to develop into a healthy baby . (lifeissues.net)
  • Originally the relevant philosophical term was "potency" (or inherent power or capacity conveyed by a specific nature) was used to apply to an already existing substance - such as a new living human embryo. (lifeissues.net)
  • In that sense, the human embryo would not be even a human being yet, much less a human person. (lifeissues.net)
  • Thus if by "potential" one means "potency" - i.e., that the early human embryo already exists with a human nature that is already there, and has its own inherent power or capacity (provided by that human nature) to simply grow bigger and bigger through all the usual developmental stages through birth, then such a statement stands as accurate - both scientifically and philosophically. (lifeissues.net)
  • That is, it would be acknowledging that the human embryo and the human " baby " are the same human being and human person throughout all of his/her development. (lifeissues.net)
  • On the other hand, if by "potential" one means that the human embryo is not a human being or human person yet , but might be later once it has been born (i.e., a "baby"), then that statement is both scientifically and philosophically incorrect. (lifeissues.net)
  • Again, Saunders is referring to SCNT as "THE" cloning procedure, when there are many other ways to clone a human being as well, and he is scientifically mis-defining the product of SCNT (i.e., the cloned human embryo). (lifeissues.net)
  • Chinese researchers have successfully cloned a macaque monkey fetus twice, producing sister monkeys Hua Hua and Zhong Zhong using the same basic method used to create Dolly. (engadget.com)
  • 1. What types of animals have been successfully cloned? (scienceteacherprogram.org)
  • In order to evaluate the role of this protein in human inherited diseases such as cystinuria, we have isolated a human D2 clone (D2H) by low stringency screening of a human kidney cDNA library using the radiolabeled D2 insert as a probe. (jci.org)
  • Ever since cloning produced Dolly the sheep , scientists have copied a slew of mammals ranging from dogs to ponies. (engadget.com)
  • As such, monkey cloning may be limited to medical research, where having more than one monkey with the same genes could help scientists compare the results of treatments or test under specific conditions. (engadget.com)
  • Scientists cloned another Jersey calf using the same "standard cell-culturing techniques as compared to the method most commonly u. (echeat.com)
  • It's a daunting challenge, but some scientists are considering it: cloning a Neanderthal. (bioedge.org)
  • He remarks that he can't understand why eminent scientists waste their time pursuing something (religion) he believes has never added to the human storehouse of wisdom. (csmonitor.com)
  • She also includes scientists who object to human cloning. (csmonitor.com)
  • These scientists experimented eagerly in aims of learning how to clone human. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Common answers to the puzzling questions about humans and cloning are still trying to be answered today, and scientists and the public are eager to learn all they can about cloning. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • 1. Cloning is an umbrella term traditionally used by scientists to describe different processes for duplicating biological material. (who.int)
  • The con- is removed and replaced by a nucleus of cept of human cloning has long been in the another cell type, the stem cell will then imagination of many scientists, scholars and be reprogrammed to produce the product fiction writers [ 1 ]. (who.int)
  • It became a hot topic in 1996 when Dolly the sheep was cloned via a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer. (archstl.org)
  • British scientist Ian Wilmut, whose research was central to the creation of the cloned animal, Dolly the Sheep, has died at the age of 79, the University of Edinburgh said on Monday. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • Wilmut, along with Keith Campbell from the animal sciences research institute in Scotland, generated news headlines and heated ethical debates in 1996 when they created Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • Dolly, named after country singer Dolly Parton, was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, using a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). (cyprus-mail.com)
  • Through the cloning of Dolly, we learned that the cell nucleus contains all the genetic information needed for the cell to develop into any type of cell. (lu.se)
  • Studies in mouse indicate the 80 aa SMAF1 protein is involved in adipocyte tissue function or regulation. (nih.gov)
  • If the same could be achieved in humans, it would mean that each of us could have clones of ourselves made from our own tissue. (newscientist.com)
  • But if, as seems likely, the Roslin team has succeeded in making an entire animal from adult tissue, it might be possible to do the same for humans. (newscientist.com)
  • In a study published in the online journal Nature on March 1, 2009, Canadian researches described a new method for generating stem cells from adult human tissue. (cbc.ca)
  • The blastocyte contains stem cells, which have the potential to grow into any kind of human tissue, from blood and bone to brain and muscle. (newsreview.com)
  • Several international health-related professional associations and religious bodies have issued statements calling for the careful monitoring and regulation of scientific developments in the field of cloning and human genetics. (who.int)
  • Marguerite Brickman has a B.A. in genetics from Columbia College, and a Ph.D. in genetics (not specifically "human genetics"), also from the University of California at Berkeley. (lifeissues.net)
  • American feminists and women's health activists are debating on the difficult issue of human cloning and stem cell research. (boloji.com)
  • to involve people in the debates on the scientific and social issues surrounding stem cell research. (eurostemcell.org)
  • Further in vitro studies of human DUOX1 (hDUOX11-593) and C. elegans DUOX1 (CeDUOX11-589) were made possible by expression and purification via a baculovirus system. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cloning, expression, and differentiation-dependent regulation of SMAF1 in adipogenesis. (nih.gov)
  • This clone was engineered to express the complete ORF with an expression tag. (origene.com)
  • Expression of SSEA-4 is down-regulated following differentiation of human EC, ES, and iPS cells. (stemcell.com)
  • ORF sequences can be delivered in our standard vector, pcDNA3.1 + /C-(K)DYK or the vector of your choice as an expression/transfection-ready ORF clone. (genscript.com)
  • the selective expression of MANF in splenocytes may be involved in plasma cell differentiation and immune regulation. (genscript.com)
  • The molecular mechanisms involved in the specific regulation of PDGF alpha R expression are unknown, but transcriptional regulation of the PDGF alpha R gene is most likely to be involved. (nih.gov)
  • By employing the real time PCR technique, we have investigated the expression levels of various translation factors in human cancer cell lines and their corresponding controls. (cdc.gov)
  • Similarly, expression levels of the translation factors were investigated in human prostate epithelial cells, RWPE1, exposed to a cytotoxic concentration of cadmium chloride. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusion: Expression of ERh is an independent marker for favorable prognosis after adjuvant tamoxifen treatment in ERa-negative breast cancer patients and involves a gene expression program distinct from ERa. (lu.se)
  • The presence of a subclonal population of tumor cells characterized by PDGFRβ expression was further validated in a cohort of human PanNET. (lu.se)
  • It reports on implementation of resolution WHA50.37 concerning ethical, scientific and social implications of cloning in human health. (who.int)
  • Resolution WHA50.37 requested the Director-General to clarify the potential applications of cloning procedures in human health and their ethical, scientific and social implications. (who.int)
  • un tel dialogue prendra en considération non seulement les bienfaits scientifiques mais également les implications morales, éthiques et juridiques. (who.int)
  • Intratumoral heterogeneity is an inherent feature of most human cancers and has profound implications for cancer therapy. (lu.se)
  • There is no way that human cloning could be developed without unethical mass experimentation on women and children,' they said. (boloji.com)
  • We've no idea if this would work, and everyone involved thinks it would be unethical to try it in people. (newscientist.com)
  • As a decisive step towards the artificial production of human beings, it would increase the risk of reducing people to objects. (who.int)
  • more to this argument to quote Scripture that indicates Gods commandments that human beings venerate life. (echeat.com)
  • We face a problem today even greater than the one in this book and it involves the duplication of human beings in a society that has always been known for its diversity. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Others fear that the technique will inevitably lead down a slippery slope to the indiscriminate cloning of human beings. (newsreview.com)
  • The use of the technique of nuclear transfer for reproduction of human beings is surrounded by strong ethical concerns and controversies and is considered a threat to human dignity. (who.int)
  • Earth is invaded by extraterrestrial beings, but amidst the chaos and destruction, love blossoms between humans and aliens. (michellepillow.com)
  • This sub-genre explores romantic relationships between humans and extraterrestrial beings from different worlds. (michellepillow.com)
  • The following EFEMP1 gene cDNA ORF clone sequences were retrieved from the NCBI Reference Sequence Database (RefSeq). (genscript.com)
  • They emphasize the need to promote the teaching of ethics in medical education and to establish effective measures to protect developing countries from the risk of unregulated expatriate research involving human subjects. (who.int)
  • In other words, the author relates legislation that allows for human cloning to take place in a research realm, as long as no clon. (echeat.com)
  • In this lesson, students act as research scientist and investigate the development of animal and human cloning. (scienceteacherprogram.org)
  • They then report their findings, both orally and visually, to their colleagues at a symposium on cloning research. (scienceteacherprogram.org)
  • Explain to students that they will be acting as teams of research scientist preparing for a symposium on developments in human cloning. (scienceteacherprogram.org)
  • Assign each group one of the following aspects of cloning-related topics to research using all available classroom resources. (scienceteacherprogram.org)
  • Canberra, Australia (LifeNews.com) - A new poll claims that a strong majority of Australians support using human cloning for research purposes. (lifenews.com)
  • The polling firm Research Australia conducted the survey on the Internet and claims 58 percent of Australians back human cloning for research. (lifenews.com)
  • The new survey claims that just 20 percent of Australians oppose research cloning while the rest are undecided. (lifenews.com)
  • In 2003, Australia opposed the treaty and supported a competing proposal pushed by a Belgium and a smaller group of nations to allow human cloning for research. (lifenews.com)
  • May this type of research make human cloning more likely? (eurostemcell.org)
  • This concern seems misplaced, given that the egg cells involved come from fertility clinic surplus stock and would be destroyed if they weren't used in research. (newsreview.com)
  • The NAS recommendations are likely to further fuel public policy debates over the future of human ESC research. (the-scientist.com)
  • Ethical concerns relate to the risk of causing physical and psychological harm, lack of respect for ethical research standards, exploitation of the poor and conflict of interest if financial interests are involved. (who.int)
  • I knew and had great respect for the famous Protestant theologian and bioethicist Paul Ramsey, and used much of his work concerning the use of human subjects in research in my own. (lifeissues.net)
  • A Feature Paper should be a substantial original Article that involves several techniques or approaches, provides an outlook for future research directions and describes possible research applications. (mdpi.com)
  • Since 2001 alone, five Nobel Prizes have been awarded for research involving HeLa cells. (oprah.com)
  • This paper outlines the debates prompted through a reproduction mechanism involv- by progress in cloning research, with special ing male and female germ cells. (who.int)
  • Pereira's research also involves reprogramming skin cells into dendritic cells, which are the sentinels of the immune system. (lu.se)
  • Associated with new knowledge on the human genome, it could be used to facilitate genotype selection and encourage social and parental intolerance of disability or, potentially, perceived genetic defects. (who.int)
  • One of the techniques involves modifying a human genome to become a Neanderthal genome. (bioedge.org)
  • Using our recently established haploid human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), we generated a genome-wide loss-of-function library targeting 18,166 protein-coding genes to define the essential genes in hPSCs. (nature.com)
  • Two (FAA and FAC) of the five genes involved were cloned but their functions remain unknown. (nih.gov)
  • The full-length isoform is active (expressed) in multiple tissues, where it regulates the activity of a wide variety of genes involved in maintaining the stability of cells' genetic information. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Members of the United Nations are gearing up to debate a highly contentious issue: whether to introduce an international ban on human cloning. (bioedonline.org)
  • It has not yet been " ensouled " - and so is not yet a " person " - i.e., a human subject to be protected from abuse in experimentation. (lifeissues.net)
  • Though those cells have done wonders for science, Henrietta-whose legacy involves the birth of bioethics and the grim history of experimentation on African-Americans-is all but forgotten. (oprah.com)
  • The molecular sequence of this clone aligns with the gene accession number as a point of reference only. (origene.com)
  • Fatty acid desaturation is a highly complex and regulated process involving different molecular and genetic actors. (researchgate.net)
  • This study describes the molecular cloning of the non-coding exon 1 and approximately 2 kb of 5' flanking region of the human PDGF alpha R gene. (nih.gov)
  • The work package focusing on molecular studies generated new evidence about the changes effected by antibiotic therapy on commensal organisms or opportunistic pathogens in the oropharyngeal, nasal and gastro-intestinal flora and study AMR mechanisms and the dissemination of successful clones of fluoroquinolone-resistant, carbapenem-resistant or extended-spectrum beta-lactamase harboring Gram-negative bacteria, MRSA and fluoroquinolone-resistant viridans streptococci. (europa.eu)
  • The UN has been wrestling with whether to regulate human cloning since 2001, and decided to postpone a decision on it after reaching stalemate last year. (bioedonline.org)
  • Many sources state that cloning is just simply an extension of in vitro fertilization, but the root of cloning goes further than that. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • it helped uncover the secrets of cancer and the effects of the atom bomb, and led to important advances like cloning, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping. (oprah.com)
  • 2007). However, there may be limitation using in vitro data to extrapolate to an in vivo kinetics, and also from marmosets to humans by these available data alone. (who.int)
  • WHA50.37 of 1997 argues that human cloning is ethically unacceptable and contrary to human integrity and morality. (who.int)
  • This controller elite includes terrestrial governments (executive, legislative, and judicial branches), media organizations, international organizations, and military and intelligence organizations that are populated by clones or cyborgs under the command and control of the Grey/Reptilian faction whose intent is to takeover Earth. (blogs.com)
  • These stories feature romantic relationships between humans and advanced cyborgs or artificial intelligences. (michellepillow.com)
  • 2. What does the egg retrieval procedure involve? (scienceteacherprogram.org)
  • This procedure remains problematic because human life at this stage of the development is exceptionally fragile, and therefore this cell-extraction procedure is extremely dangerous. (christianliferesources.com)
  • The second procedure involves a hybrid form of cloning. (christianliferesources.com)
  • 7. "[footnote 16]: The cloning procedure supplies the oocyte with a complete set of chromosomes, all of which are contained in the nucleus which is transferred into the denucleated oocyte. (lifeissues.net)
  • Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA from a panel of mouse-human somatic cell hybrids showed that the human gene for D2H resides on chromosome 2. (jci.org)
  • The poll comes as the nation's parliament is considering ditching its law banning all human cloning and allowing the artificial creation and destruction of human life for scientific studies. (lifenews.com)
  • There are numerous ethical objections, and not just because it would involve creating exact copies of people. (engadget.com)
  • Cellular cloning refers to a process in which "copies of a cell ar. (echeat.com)
  • General Assembly the adoption of a declaration on human cloning by which Member States were called upon to prohibit all forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life. (who.int)
  • This technique is surrounded by strong ethical concerns and is considered a threat to human dignity. (who.int)
  • The first temptation is to fail to make a moral distinction between different kinds of issues involving human life and dignity. (vacatholic.org)
  • The second temptation is to focus on one or two moral issues (such as abortion or preserving marriage) and ignore other serious threats to human life and dignity. (vacatholic.org)
  • Moreover, among acts that are intrinsically evil, those that directly attack life itself are the foremost violations of human dignity. (vacatholic.org)
  • Cloning humans has recently become a possibility that seems much more feasible in today's society than it was twenty years ago. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • It is not known when or how cloning humans really became a possibility, but it is known that there are two possible ways that we can clone humans. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • There it was concluded that cloning is not something that can be done as of now, but it is quite a possibility for the future. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • The discovery of a novel ligand for PDGFRβ, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-DD, opened the possibility of a previously unidentified signaling pathway involved in tumor development. (lu.se)
  • She is not the result of mating between a ewe and a ram but was cloned from a single cell taken from the udder of a six-year-old ewe. (newscientist.com)
  • For example, cell adhesion to a fibronectin substratum involves concurrent activation of Src and phosphorylation of the FAK activation loop. (fishersci.com)
  • This involved taking a sheep egg, removing its DNA and replacing it with DNA from a frozen udder cell of a sheep that died years before. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • Translation factors control the translation of all proteins including those vital for cell growth and differentiation as well as those involved in cellular response to chemical toxicity. (cdc.gov)
  • When the nucleus of a stem cell has been the technique of cloning. (who.int)
  • instead, we found that PDGF-DD stimulated bulk tumor cell proliferation by induction of paracrine mitogenic signaling between heterogeneous malignant cell clones, some of which expressed PDGFRβ. (lu.se)
  • a) Note, again, the reference to only sexual human reproduction - "the moment of conception" - i.e., fertilization. (lifeissues.net)
  • 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)
  • He led efforts to develop cloning, or nuclear transfer, techniques that could be used to make genetically modified sheep. (cyprus-mail.com)
  • A thorough investigation of the determinants of the worldwide spread of NRCS-A is urgently needed to unravel the dissemination routes and reservoirs of this multidrug-resistant clone and to succeed in managing and controlling its diffusion. (cdc.gov)
  • In four pages the sociobiological aspects of cloning are examined in a consideration of Social Darwinism, disease replication, r. (echeat.com)
  • However, it appears that the ability of the In its simplest form, cloning is defined stem cells to transform is limited, except as the exact replication of cells. (who.int)
  • Romantic entanglements between humans and artificial intelligence entities that blur the boundaries between humanity and technology. (michellepillow.com)
  • Combining immunopurification and subsequent analytical mass spectrometry, hundreds of proteins, including synaptic vesicle proteins, components of the presynaptic fusion and retrieval machinery, proteins involved in intracellular and extracellular signaling and a large variety of adhesion molecules, were identified. (mdpi.com)
  • In theory, this makes human cloning more realistic given the genetic similarities between monkeys and our own species. (engadget.com)
  • Increases in the amount of PAPP-A mRNA in granulosa cells during follicular development occurs in some but not all species, indicating that other proteases or protease inhibitors may be involved in IGFBP degradation. (bioone.org)
  • Because of the superior survival dynamics of the human species, Mr. Prince states, human society will defeat the hostile extraterrestrial civilizations that consist mainly of a Grey and Draco Reptilian faction. (blogs.com)
  • When humans encounter intelligent alien species for the first time, unexpected romantic connections form as they navigate cultural differences and forge inter-species relationships. (michellepillow.com)
  • Clear-cut species differences were seen in the activities of the four enzymes involved in the DEHP metabolism among mice, rats, and marmosets. (who.int)
  • For each clone, the Roslin researchers combine material from two sources. (newscientist.com)
  • A clone is an organism that is a genetic copy of an existing one. (who.int)
  • it will naturally not be long before we actively clone people as complete entities. (echeat.com)
  • The concept of cloning only came to the forefront of public attention approximately thirty years ago. (echeat.com)
  • Whether or not you mind cloning based on fetuses, the process currently requires many failures to get to the intended results. (engadget.com)
  • The process of migrating, cloning and purging that in four short days had never been done before. (accenture.com)
  • genetically superior clone set. (echeat.com)
  • Love stories involving genetically modified individuals or creatures, exploring themes of identity and acceptance. (michellepillow.com)
  • A well-formed conscience (not what we feel or think but God's voice resounding in our human hearts) is essential to make sound moral judgments. (vacatholic.org)
  • Another contentious issue is that the Neanderthal, who is human, would be cloned. (bioedge.org)
  • It is a method that involves the production of a group of identical cells or organisms that all derive from a single individual (Grolier 220). (benjaminbarber.org)
  • The second method of cloning a human involves taking cells from an already existing human being and cloning them, in turn creating other individuals that are identical to that particular person. (benjaminbarber.org)
  • Other recent studies verified the presence of PAPP-A mRNA in granulosa cells of humans, monkeys, cattle, mice, and pigs. (bioone.org)
  • In addition, the morphogen retinoic acid, alone or in combination with dibutyryl cAMP, gives a 22-fold induction of PDGF alpha R gene promoter activity in human teratocarcinoma cells. (nih.gov)
  • He has succeeded in converting human skin cells into blood stem cells, which is a first step towards creating fully functional blood stem cells in test tubes. (lu.se)
  • Probable adapter protein involved in different biological processes (PubMed:22427340, PubMed:27194766). (origene.com)
  • This protease activity has recently been ascribed to serine metalloprotease(s), including pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), which was first detected in human follicular fluid nearly 20 yr ago. (bioone.org)
  • ER stress-inducible protein MANF selectively expresses in human spleen. (genscript.com)
  • If the term "potential" were to be incorporated into a U. N. treaty on human cloning, it would be necessary to clarify its use as referring to an already existing human being/person. (lifeissues.net)
  • a) It would seem that Saunders uses the "potential" argument here quite appropriately, but it is critical that the term be understood properly in order to deflect any misunderstandings or misinterpretations - especially if the term were to be used in any U. N. treaty on human cloning. (lifeissues.net)
  • Polychlorinated dibenzo- p- dioxins and dibenzofurans pollution in China: sources, environmental levels and potential human health impacts. (who.int)
  • Some involve intrinsic evil , and are therefore incompatible with love of God and neighbor. (vacatholic.org)