• 1] Therapeutic cloning, on the other hand, creates human embryos merely as a source of embryonic stem cells. (reasons.org)
  • Tragically, however, in order to harvest stem cells from human embryos, the embryos must be destroyed. (reasons.org)
  • Crudely put, therapeutic cloning looks to generate human embryos solely for the body parts they can provide. (reasons.org)
  • Recent and ongoing research suggests an alternative approach that can achieve the same goal (repair of damaged or diseased organs) without destroying human embryos. (reasons.org)
  • This means that hundreds of human embryos would die to achieve a single live human clone birth. (reasons.org)
  • Some prohibit only cloning for reproductive purposes and allow the creation of cloned human embryos for research, whereas others prohibit the creation of cloned embryos for any purpose. (who.int)
  • And now Washington joins the infamous list with Senate Bill 5594, a thoroughly disingenuous piece of legislation that purports to outlaw the cloning of human beings, but by manipulating language and redefining terms, actually permits human cloning and gestation of the resulting cloned embryos through the ninth month. (cbc-network.org)
  • These procedures are likely to lead to an increase in international trafficking of human cells, eggs and embryos. (i-sis.org.uk)
  • The first stage of these experiments essentially consisted of injecting human embryonic stem cells into mouse embryos in order to generate quasi-human organs in the mice, with the eventual aim that they could be used for transplantation in human medicine, experiments that were published in the journal Nature . (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • Thereafter, new experiments by Izpisua succeeded in modifying pig embryos and, later, primates, inoculating them with genetically modified human stem cells to obtain "humanized" animal organs that can be transplanted into humans. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • (www) as well as our congressional representatives (www) just might make a difference on reducing the number of human embryos killed for this industrialized process. (thegiftoflife.info)
  • These pigs were completely resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, a disease that causes major losses in the world-wide pig industry. (wikipedia.org)
  • 2014). "Virulence and genotype-associated infectivity of interferon-treated macrophages by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses" Virus Res 179: 204-211. (bioxcell.com)
  • One such approach, called "xenotransplantation" (the transplantation of living cells, tissues, and organs from one species to another species), turns to pigs as a source of organs for human transplants. (reasons.org)
  • The chief one is hyper-acute rejection (HAR)-the rejection of pig organs by the human recipient. (reasons.org)
  • The researchers then used these cells as the source of genetic material to clone pigs with organs that lacked the sugar groups responsible for HAR. (reasons.org)
  • In fact, the research team oversaw the birth of four normal, healthy piglets with organs suitable for human transplants. (reasons.org)
  • The increasing life expectancy of humans has led to growing number of people with diseased organs. (er-journal.com)
  • Xenotransplantation is any procedure that involves the use of live cells, tissues or organs from a nonhuman source for transplantation, implantation or infusion into a human recipient. (er-journal.com)
  • The dream of transferring bodily organs from animals to humans goes back to antiquity, as articulated in the myth of Daedalus and Icarus in Greek mythology. (er-journal.com)
  • By the 17th century the possibility of transferring animal organs to humans came into practice with stumbling attempts to use animal blood for transfusions. (er-journal.com)
  • Similarly, clinical use of animal organs such as the transplantation of a rabbit kidney to humans was documented in 1905 (Nagarian 2003). (er-journal.com)
  • Advancing to the 20th century researchers were already attempting transplants of organs from baboons to humans. (er-journal.com)
  • Pigs have large litters, short gestation periods and organs comparable to humans. (er-journal.com)
  • Transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs from another member of the same species. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Since the end of the last century, transplant science has sought alternatives to human organ transplant, exploring the possibility of using genetically modified animal organs. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • Another step in this race is the experiments of Spanish scientist Juan Carlos Izpisua , aimed at the creation of human-animal hybrids or chimeras from which organs (like kidneys or hearts) could be harvested for use in human medicine. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • Now, however, a new horizon is opening up in the field of transplantation, namely to transplant genetically modified animal organs directly into the patient requiring the transplant and not a human-animal organ produced for that purpose. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • During one recent meeting, scientists disagreed on such basic issues as whether it would be unethical for a human embryo to begin its development in an animal's womb, and whether a mouse would be better or worse off with a brain made of human neurons. (real-agenda.com)
  • A little shot of electricity comes next, and if all goes well, a new human cloned embryo comes into being and begins to develop in the same way as a sexually created embryo. (cbc-network.org)
  • Cloning of a human being" means asexual reproduction by implanting or attempting to implant the product of nuclear transplantation [e.g., an embryo] into a uterus or substitute for a uterus with the purpose of producing a human being. (cbc-network.org)
  • It is also our view that there are no sound reasons for treating the early-stage human embryo or cloned human embryo as anything special, or as having moral status greater than human somatic cells in tissue culture. (wikiquote.org)
  • There are presently many human embryo derived vaccines (from aborted baby tissues ) available for use or in the process of being developed. (thegiftoflife.info)
  • (www) (www) Work on human embryo tissue for vaccines for HIV, Flu, Asian Flu, and Ebola is taking place now. (thegiftoflife.info)
  • There are presently only 4 human embryo derived vaccines in the USA for which there is no other morally licit choice presently available for use in this country. (thegiftoflife.info)
  • These embryo derived vaccines are Rubella, Chickenpox, Shingles, and Hepatitis A. Japan has vaccines made from rabbit kidney (Rubella) and monkey kidney (Hepatitis A), but they have not been allowed into the United States to compete with the human embryo derived vaccines sold here. (thegiftoflife.info)
  • This whole subject of human embryo derived vaccines is covered in detail at The Children of God for Life website. (thegiftoflife.info)
  • My question regarding genetic engineering deregulation was then: What would happen if scientists who are provided with unlimited money and resources have no legal liability to realize their experiments cloning humans and literally engineering new species? (real-agenda.com)
  • Most natural cloning occurs in those species that produce their descendants asexually, that is, without combining the male and female genetic material. (who.int)
  • Although many species produce clonal offspring in this fashion, Dolly, the lamb born in 1996 at a research institute in Scotland, was the first asexually produced mammalian clone. (who.int)
  • Professor Campbell was instrumental in the creation of Dolly the Sheep, the first cloned mammal, a breakthrough which paved the way for the successful cloning of many other mammal species. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Given that we have an efficiency of 1% cloning for livestock species and if only one in a thousand cells are viable then around 100,000 cells would need to be transferred. (wikiquote.org)
  • Aging is a physical process that doesn't normally reveal itself until after the completion of a species-specific interval of reproductive competence during which adults rear their progeny from childhood to independence (See Life History ). (agemed.org)
  • The related concept of Longevity Determination , however, is the result of a species-specific genomic expression during early development that positions the somatic tissues of an organism to survive long after its reproductive period has been completed. (agemed.org)
  • CR has been effective in all species in which it has been tried (although the jury is still out on humans). (agemed.org)
  • In summary, Dr. Prather had been working at Wood's Hole in Massachusetts trying to discover, isolate, then clone the protein which allowed a species of jellyfish living in the cold waters of the North Pacific, Aequorea victoria , to emit a green glow. (pharmaceuticalintelligence.com)
  • The grunts made by pigs vary depending on the pig's personality and can convey important information about the welfare of this highly social species, new research has found. (vetscite.org)
  • Understanding how the vocalisations of pigs' relate to their personality will also help animal behaviourists and welfare experts have a clearer picture of the impact those personalities have on communication, and thus its role in the evolution of social behaviour and group dynamics in social species. (vetscite.org)
  • Transplantation between genetically identical individuals, i.e., members of the same species with identical histocompatibility antigens, such as monozygotic twins, members of the same inbred strain, or members of a hybrid population produced by crossing certain inbred strains. (lookformedical.com)
  • In 2017 scientists at the Roslin Institute of the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with Genus, reported they had bred pigs with a modified CD163 gene. (wikipedia.org)
  • 3] An international research team genetically engineered pig cells that lacked a functional form of the gene that codes for a key enzyme involved in the production of the cell surface sugars that cause HAR. (reasons.org)
  • If you cannot or do not want to get into the heavy research, I am about to give you a detailed report on the state of genetic engineering, human-animal cloning and gene splicing. (real-agenda.com)
  • Although scientists have had to use a gene-edited pig, engineered to eliminate the immune system attacking sugar. (er-journal.com)
  • Eventually he cloned the GFP gene, but gave up on work to express the gene in mammalian cells. (pharmaceuticalintelligence.com)
  • Equatorial segment protein (ESP), a novel 349-amino acid concanavalin-A-binding protein encoded by a two-exon gene ( SP-ESP ) located on chromosome 15 at q22, has been localized to the equatorial segment of ejaculated human sperm. (bioone.org)
  • Fluorescent pigs can be used to study human organ transplants, regenerating ocular photoreceptor cells, neuronal cells in the brain, regenerative medicine via stem cells, tissue engineering, and other diseases. (wikipedia.org)
  • When I set out to write this article my first challenge was how to present the information in a concise, yet shocking enough to wake up people who still believe that cloning humans for organ harvesting, splicing animal and human genes and making food out of human DNA or tissue is just science fiction. (real-agenda.com)
  • A blastocyst (cloned or not), because it lacks any trace of a nervous system, has no capacity for suffering or conscious experience in any form - the special properties that, in our view, spell the difference between biological tissue and a human life worthy of respect and rights. (wikiquote.org)
  • A disease of humans hypothesized to be caused by a prion, or small protein, which alters the structure of a normal brain protein, resulting in destruction of brain neural tissue. (nationalacademies.org)
  • But even this Bill of Rights may be inadequate to cope with rapid developments further down the line, such as human cloning, cell and tissue replacement and embryonic stem cell techniques. (i-sis.org.uk)
  • The present successful lines of fetal tissue culture material came after numerous failed attempts with numerous aborted human fetuses . (thegiftoflife.info)
  • It is used for the prophylaxis of graft rejection in organ and tissue transplantation. (lookformedical.com)
  • The primary cloning technique is called "somatic cell nuclear transfer" (SCNT). (cbc-network.org)
  • It is the policy of Washington state that research involving the derivation and use of human embryonic stem cells, human embryonic germ cells, and human adult stem cells from any source, including somatic cell nuclear transplantation , is permitted upon full consideration of the ethical and medical implications of this research. (cbc-network.org)
  • Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult derived somatic cell, was born in 1996. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • This is junk biology since implanting isn't the act of asexual reproduction: SCNT cloning is. (cbc-network.org)
  • Professor Sinclair said: "Keith was a giant in the field of reproductive biology. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • In biology , cloning is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria , insects or plants reproduce asexually . (wikiquote.org)
  • The initial idea of genetically modifying animals, particularly pigs, came from the geneticist George Church and his collaborator Luhan Yang, lab team leader of what is known as Synthetic Biology at Harvard University. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • To take human organ generation via BC and transplantation to the next step, we reviewed current emerging organ generation technologies and the associated efficiency of chimera formation in human cells from the standpoint of developmental biology. (frontiersin.org)
  • Hai, who worked with a team to make the animals, made the announcement at the State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology in Beijing. (sistersite.org)
  • 2005 (October 1- December 15) Visiting Scientist Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Centre, Section of Islet Transplantation and Cell Biology, Boston/USA. (livhospital.com)
  • There are now two ways to create new mammalian life, including humans. (cbc-network.org)
  • His research blossomed after he came to Roslin Institute where in a series of papers he put the intellectual framework into the method of mammalian cloning that ultimately led to the birth of Dolly in 1996. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • This is possible since mice can be created with the same mutations that occur in human genetic disorders, the production of the human disease in these mice then allows treatments to be tested. (wikipedia.org)
  • Other recent studies verified the presence of PAPP-A mRNA in granulosa cells of humans, monkeys, cattle, mice, and pigs. (bioone.org)
  • effects of a traditional chinese medicine, longdanxiegan formula granule, on toll-like receptor pathway in female guinea pigs with recurrent genital herpes. (liverpool.ac.uk)
  • The Rh system was discovered in 1940 when Landsteiner and Weiner performed their landmark experiments wherein rhesus monkey erythrocytes were injected into rabbits and guinea pigs. (medscape.com)
  • Consequently, the aim of this study was to determine the impact of IFN-gamma (M1), IL-4 (M2) and IFN-beta activation of MPhi on the susceptibility to genotype 1 and 2 porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus (PRRSV) strains varying in virulence. (bioxcell.com)
  • The study also found that male pigs (but not females) kept in the lower-quality conditions made fewer grunts compared with those housed in the enriched environment, suggesting greater susceptibility among male pigs to environmental factors. (vetscite.org)
  • your supposed cloning ban actually authorizes human cloning, implantation, and gestation through the ninth month. (cbc-network.org)
  • That is what New Jersey legislators did when they passed and then Governor James McGreevey signed S-1909 last year, a law that was sold to the public as outlawing human cloning but which actually permits the creation of cloned human life, and its implantation and gestation up to and including the very moment prior to the emergence of the cloned baby from the birth canal. (cbc-network.org)
  • What deserves greater attention, however, is therapeutic cloning, a (potential) cloning application considered far more important to the biomedical and scientific communities and one far more ethically challenging. (reasons.org)
  • If the cloned human organism is to be experimented upon and destroyed, the process is often called "therapeutic cloning. (cbc-network.org)
  • A pig heart was transplanted in the United States in a patient with severe heart disease for whom there was no therapeutic alternative. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • On this occasion, a pig heart was transplanted , also with relative success, in a patient with severe heart disease for whom there was no therapeutic alternative. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • Pig skin grafts are used on burns and may provide sufficient xenografts (Takayuki Yamamoto et al 2018). (er-journal.com)
  • While stem-cell research holds enormous potential for treating or even curing some diseases, the cloning of a human being is morally and ethically unacceptable…Any attempt to clone a human being is in direct conflict with the public policies of this state. (cbc-network.org)
  • Xenotransfusion of blood from lambs to humans were recorded as far back as 1667 (Aristizabal et al 2017). (er-journal.com)
  • Microbial Genomics and Metagenomics in Human Health and Disease (special issue) J Biotechnol, May 20, 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • Chinese surgeons'search for allotransplants have yielded successful results in the use of genetically engineered pig corneas to restore sight (Chang Ho Yoon et al 2021). (er-journal.com)
  • Elaboration of an international convention against reproductive cloning of human beings has been under consideration in the United Nations since December 2001 when the subject was included in the agenda of the fifty- sixth session as a supplementary agenda item at the request of France and Germany. (who.int)
  • Claims that you could clone individual treatments of human beings to treat common diseases like diabetes, suggests you need a huge supply of human eggs. (wikiquote.org)
  • In this regard, emerging technologies of chimeric human organ production via blastocyst complementation (BC) holds great promise. (frontiersin.org)
  • This is the first report of full-term monkey-pig chimeras," Tang Hai told the New Scientist on Friday. (sistersite.org)
  • A large, highly prolific swine farm in Hungary had a 2-year history of neurologic disease among newly weaned (25- to 35-day-old) pigs, with clinical signs of posterior paraplegia and a high mortality rate. (cdc.gov)
  • Astrovirus infections with central nervous system (CNS) involvement were reported recently in mink, human, bovine, ovine, and swine hosts (the latter in certain cases of AII type congenital tremors) ( 5 , 6 , 12 - 14 ). (cdc.gov)
  • We report the detection of neuroinvasive porcine astrovirus type 3 (Ni-PoAstV-3) by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) and in situ hybridization (ISH) in recent and archived CNS samples of newly weaned paraplegic pigs from 3 highly prolific swine farms in Hungary. (cdc.gov)
  • Clonaid's claim to have produced the first human clones propelled the ethical debate about human cloning to the headlines last December. (reasons.org)
  • Or to put it the other way around, cloning, not implantation, is what produces a new and distinct human organism. (cbc-network.org)
  • Though fraught with problems, reproductive cloning at least strives to reproduce a human being and, in principle, preserves the value of human life. (reasons.org)
  • The second way to reproduce is a strictly human invention - known as "asexual" reproduction - or more commonly, cloning. (cbc-network.org)
  • In sexual reproduction, clones are created when a fertilized egg splits to produce identical (monozygous) twins with identical genomes. (who.int)
  • Developments in biotechnology have raised new concerns about animal welfare, as farm animals now have their genomes modified (genetically engineered) or copied (cloned) to propagate certain traits useful to agribusiness, such as meat yield or feed conversion. (wikiquote.org)
  • In this regard, on September 25, 2021 a genetically modified pig kidney was transplanted with relative success into a brain-dead woman, functioning correctly for 54 hours. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • There he continued his research on the cloning and genetic modification of livestock. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • He then moved to PPLTherapeutics, the company that was spun out from Roslin Institute, where that procedure and his expertise led to the birth of cloned and genetically modified sheep, pigs and cattle. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • Inevitably most people will remember him for Dolly the sheep although his recent work was focused on fundamental and applied stem cell research as a tool for the study of human disease. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • British embryologist Sir Ian Wilmut, best known for his work in the field of animal genetic engineering and the successful cloning of sheep, was born 7 July 1944 in Hampton Lucy, England. (asu.edu)
  • In 2006 the scientists from National Taiwan University's Department of Animal Science and Technology managed to breed three green-glowing pigs using green fluorescent protein. (wikipedia.org)
  • More than 90% of cloning attempts fail to produce viable offspring. (wikiquote.org)
  • In online чаша мараканы, when it is cloned that an headquarters section arouses another surrogacy mdmtmk to adopt, both X and Y are, and must include, even invisible. (schoko-schloss.de)
  • These possibilities include pigs expressing human antigens aiming to increasing the success of xenotransplantation to lactating mammals expressing useful proteins in their milk. (wikipedia.org)
  • To date, a number of obstacles have hindered pig-to-human xenotransplantation. (reasons.org)
  • Pigs appear to have offered the best option for research success in xenotransplantation, but the hurdles are still numerous. (er-journal.com)
  • Pigs have been the animal of choice for research in xenotransplantation for several reasons. (er-journal.com)
  • The bill purports to promote stem-cell research, while outlawing the cloning of a human being. (cbc-network.org)
  • We also analyzed archived FFPE specimens from paraplegic pigs from earlier outbreaks of posterior paraplegia in Tázlár in 2011 and in Balmazújváros in 2014 ( Table 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Using Western blot analysis, the affinity-purified polyclonal VCY2 antibody gave a single specific band of approximately 14 kDa in size, corresponding to the expected size of VCY2 in all the collected human testicular biopsy specimens with normal spermatogenesis. (bioone.org)
  • To prevent companies and governments from stealing genes, invading genetic privacy and undermining human rights and dignity, we urgently need a Genetic Bill of Rights and a Global Ethics Council, Mae-Wan Ho warns of the fall-outs from the human genome project. (i-sis.org.uk)
  • These are some of the fall-outs from the Human Genome Project (see Human Genome: The Biggest Sellout in Human History, this issue). (i-sis.org.uk)
  • STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: Forty-two patients with AH regression and 18 700 women with no evidence of endometrial abnormality, who underwent their first autologous oocytes' retrieval and fresh ET cycles of IVF/ICSI in the Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong University, from May 2008 to July 2021, were retrospectively enrolled. (bvsalud.org)
  • Beyond this scientific interest, the commercial concern in animal cloning focuses on replicating large numbers of genetically identical animals, especially those derived from a progenitor that has been modified genetically. (who.int)
  • In addition to low success rates, cloned animals tend to have more compromised immune function and higher rates of infection, tumor growth, and other disorders. (wikiquote.org)
  • Most neuroinvasive astroviruses belong to the Virginia/Human-Mink-Ovine (VA/HMO) phylogenetic clade and cluster with enteric astroviruses identified from asymptomatic or diarrheic humans and animals ( 15 , 16 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The continuous increase in the human population coupled with rising incomes and urbanization necessitates the need to conserve the genetic potential of animals to avoid or lower the consequences of biodiversity loss. (scirp.org)
  • These tests were repeated two weeks later, allowing the researchers to determine if the pigs' responses were repeatable - the defining characteristic of personality (also known as 'coping style' in animals). (vetscite.org)
  • The study indicated that pigs with more proactive personality types produced grunts at a higher rate than the more reactive animals. (vetscite.org)
  • The grafting of skin in humans or animals from one site to another to replace a lost portion of the body surface skin. (lookformedical.com)
  • Animal testing , also known as animal experimentation , animal research , and in vivo testing , is the use of non-human animals in experiments (although some research about animals involves only natural behaviors or pure observation, such as a mouse running a maze or field studies of chimp troops ). (wmflabs.org)
  • Worldwide it is estimated that the number of vertebrate animals-from zebrafish to non-human primates -ranges from the tens of millions to more than 100 million used annually. (wmflabs.org)
  • At that point - and this is important to understand - there is no more cloning to be done since a new human organism now exists. (cbc-network.org)
  • If the authors of this bill really meant what they appear to have written, their legislation would ban all human cloning, since as we have seen, biologically, a new human organism, that is, a new human being, comes into existence with the completion of SCNT. (cbc-network.org)
  • Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments ( molecular cloning ), cells (cell cloning), or organisms . (wikiquote.org)
  • The potential clinical applications of research directed on corpus luteum endothelial cells are intriguing considering reproductive processes in which vascular dysfunctions may play a role such as ovarian failure, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). (biomedcentral.com)
  • cloning and splicing genes is not its existence, but the results of this unregulated practice. (real-agenda.com)
  • three of these were related to immune rejection by the recipient, one of them limits overgrowth of the organ itself and six more genes, of human origin, were introduced into the animal, also in order to lessen the expected immune rejection. (bioethicsobservatory.org)
  • However, an animal created through this technique would not be a precise genetic copy of the source of its nuclear DNA because each clone derives a small amount of its DNA from the mitochondria of the egg (which lie outside the nucleus) rather than from the donor of cell nucleus. (who.int)
  • Thus, the clone would be genetically identical to the nucleus donor only if the egg came from the same donor or from her maternal line. (who.int)
  • In 15 years of research I have not been able to get a significant grasp on what genetically engineering humans, fish, soy, corn, milk and other products could mean for humankind. (real-agenda.com)
  • Recent research shows that pigs harbor one of the highest astrovirus diversities among mammals examined ( 3 , 15 , 20 ). (cdc.gov)
  • New technology can be a catalyst for our thinking about issues of life, and we can think of the examples like assisted reproductive technologies, life sustaining technology, organ transplantation, and genetics, which have been stimuli for research into bioethics in the last few decades. (eubios.info)
  • Dr. Tsien however realized the importance of Douglas's cloning work as pivotal for their research, contacted Douglas (who now due to the bad economy was working at a Toyota dealership in Alabama) and invited him to the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Sweden as his guest. (pharmaceuticalintelligence.com)
  • Mary Friel, lead author of the study and PhD student at Queen's University Belfast, added: "The aim of this research was to investigate what factors affect vocalisations in pigs so that we can better understand what information they convey. (vetscite.org)
  • HAR occurs because the sugar groups on the surface of pig and human cells differ. (reasons.org)
  • His pioneering studies into cell-cycle control and cellular differentiation led to the programme of work at Roslin that gave birth to the first mammal to be cloned from adult cells - ie. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • For instance, some sugar in pig cells foreign to the human body is reported to cause immediate organ rejection. (er-journal.com)
  • In the case of asexually creating a human, the biotechnologist removes the nucleus from a mature human egg (an oocyte). (cbc-network.org)
  • From a cell in adult ewe's mammary gland, Wilmot and his colleagues managed to create a frisky lamb named Dolly, scoring an advance in reproductive technology as unsettling as it was startling (Anibeze 2007).Unlike offspring produced in the usual fashion, Dolly does not merely take after her biological mother, she is indeed a carbon copy, a laboratory counterfeit so exact that she is indeed her mother/s identical twin. (er-journal.com)
  • Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health: Does Sex Matter? (nationalacademies.org)
  • A cloned beagle, Ruppy and four other beagles produced a fluorescent protein that glowed red upon excitation with ultraviolet light. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some genetically modified mammals are used as models of human diseases and potential treatments and cures can first be tested on them. (wikipedia.org)
  • Organ transplantation is the ultimate treatment option for patients suffering from refractory diseases. (frontiersin.org)
  • Considered contrary to the moral law, since (it is in) opposition to the dignity both of human procreation and of the conjugal union. (wikiquote.org)
  • A Global Ethics Council consisting of independent scientists as well as a representative cross section of civil society should be established as a matter of urgency to deal with these gross violations of human rights, privacy and dignity. (i-sis.org.uk)
  • Human dignity is a frequent and very important theme in religious moral perspectives and one of the most emphasized themes in the Holy Qur'ān. (freeislamicwill.com)
  • According to the Ashʿari theological school the concept of goodness, badness and human dignity is based on the understanding of religious Scriptures and not discovered by human reasoning. (freeislamicwill.com)
  • To date, all animal clones have experienced severe health problems in utero, at the time of birth and throughout life. (reasons.org)
  • What would you think if I told you that human-animal cloning, for example, is carried out in Costa Rica , and that this practice has been taking place for at least a decade there? (real-agenda.com)
  • In this review, we summarize the history of interspecies chimerism in various animal models to find hints for BC application and describe the challenges and prospects of utilizing BC for human organ generation. (frontiersin.org)
  • Scientists specialising in animal behaviour and welfare devised an experiment to investigate the relationship between personality and the rate of grunting in pigs. (vetscite.org)
  • Partial or total replacement of the CORNEA from one human or animal to another. (lookformedical.com)
  • The transference of a heart from one human or animal to another. (lookformedical.com)
  • [ 22 ] Avenzoar , an Arabic physician in 12th-century Moorish Spain who also practiced dissection, introduced animal testing as an experimental method of testing surgical procedures before applying them to human patients. (wmflabs.org)
  • More than 100 nuclear transfer procedures could be required to produce one viable clone. (wikiquote.org)
  • As the human population increases rapidly, we modify the landscape to meet our increasing need for the resources to sustain our modern lifestyles. (scirp.org)
  • Bioethics is therefore challenged to be a multi-sided and thoughtful approach to decision-making so that it may be relevant to all aspects of human life. (eubios.info)
  • Given this fanfare, the debate has tended to focus on reproductive cloning-the use of cloning to generate a human being-and its bizarre societal and familial side effects. (reasons.org)
  • The present report gives an overview of the terms and methods used in cloning and summarizes the debates in the General Assembly. (who.int)
  • Since serological methods are routinely used in CSFV surveillance, persistently infected pigs might go unnoticed. (bioxcell.com)