• When they were no longer needed for that purpose, they were donated for research with the informed consent of the donor. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • Scientists describing the same processes used terminology such as, "insert an isolated nucleus from the donor to produce a dividing and viable embryo" into an enucleated egg" One reason why Christian fundamentalist pastors would be more apt to use terminology which includes "DNA" more prominently is that DNA is a "value-laden" term which carries religious significance. (wikipedia.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)
  • The nucleus of a body cell from the DNA donor is removed, and put into the place formerly occupied by the egg's nucleus. (cbc-network.org)
  • NBC notes that "This method uses some cloning technology, and if everything goes as planned, the resulting embryo has DNA from three parents---the mother, the sperm donor and a bit from the egg donor. (faithandfreedom.us)
  • The source of embryos is from those fertilized in vitro , and then donated for research with donor consent. (nhsjs.com)
  • Somatic-cell nuclear transfer, the technique by which Dolly was created, was first used 40 years ago in research with tadpoles and frogs. (who.int)
  • The nucleus of an adult somatic cell (such as a skin cell) is removed and transferred to an enucleated egg, which is then stimulated with electric current or chemicals to activate cell division. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Then they moved the nucleus from the somatic cell to the egg cell, after a couple of chemical tweaks, the egg cell, with its new nucleus behaved like a freshly fertilized egg. (essays.io)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Relatively, this paper seeks to answer the questions as to whether cloning would help the society and whether it is ethically responsible to clone humans to create new lives. (essays.io)
  • … "human clone" means an embryo that, as a result of the manipulation of human reproductive material or an in vitro embryo, contains a diploid set of chromosomes obtained from a single - living or deceased - human being, fetus, or embryo. (hinxtongroup.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 cloned human organism is to be experimented upon and destroyed, the process is often called "therapeutic cloning. (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)
  • Or to put it the other way around, cloning, not implantation, is what produces a new and distinct human organism. (cbc-network.org)
  • … "embryo" means a human organism during the first 56 days of its development following fertilization or creation, excluding any time during which its development has been suspended, and includes any cell derived from such an organism that is used for the purpose of creating a human being. (hinxtongroup.org)
  • There is lack of consideration for a large segment of the population that has ethical or religious beliefs that classify genetically engineered plants carrying animal or human genes as being totally unacceptable as foods. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • Using the same procedure, we now report the birth of live lambs from three new cell populations established from adult mammary gland, fetus and embryo. (todayinsci.com)
  • In the fetus, stem cells in developing tissue give rise to the multiple specialized cell types that make up the human body. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • They are derived from the primordial germ cells, which occur in a specific part of the embryo/fetus called the gonadal ridge. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • The genetically modified egg now has 46 chromosomes, the full human compliment. (cbc-network.org)
  • A true hybrid has a nucleus with a mixture of chromosomes for the two different species that contributed to it. (creationfactfile.com)
  • In humans, aneuploidy would be any number of chromosomes other than the usual 46. (genome.gov)
  • In Vitro Fertilization - some of the embryos used in human stem cells research were initially created for infertility purposes through in vitro fertilization procedures. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • Proponents of stem cell research claim that the blastocyst is not human yet, and the embryos used for stem cell harvest are typically leftover from in vitro fertilization procedures with minimal chance that a human could ever develop from them. (nhsjs.com)
  • The controversy over embryonic stem cell research is caused by the fact that the procurement of these stem cells involves the destruction of the embryo produced during in vitro fertilization. (nhsjs.com)
  • Biomarkers are used for in vitro as well as in vivo studies that may include humans. (iloencyclopaedia.org)
  • After 3 to 5 days, prior to implantation into the uterine wall, the embryo achieves a stage called blastocyst. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • 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)
  • John Paul II states, "These techniques, insofar as they involve the manipulation and destruction of human embryos, are not morally acceptable, even when their proposed goal is good in itself. (wikipedia.org)
  • Long before the controversy emerged over human embryonic stem cells, scientists and doctors began using first-generation stem cells from adult bone marrow. (eppc.org)
  • Fertilization of mammalian eggs is followed by successive cell divisions and progressive differentiation, first into the early embryo and subsequently into all of the cell types that make up the adult animal. (todayinsci.com)
  • They have lost the ability to differentiate to all cell types needed for a complete embryo development (up to 14 days post-fertilization). (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • While both types of stem cells are very important for biomedical research, the use of embryonic stem cells raises most of the bioethical issues. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • Science, supported by the human genome project has already shown that many of the basic 'cell control' processes are common across a wide range within both animal and plant kingdoms. (cmq.org.uk)
  • With the iconic Human Genome Project (1990-2003) - characterized by scientific director Francis Collins as "the most important and the most significant project that humankind has ever mounted" (Kolata 1993) - the primacy seems to have shifted definitively to the life sciences, both in terms of funding and possible impact. (demul.nl)
  • When I first began my research into genetically engineered food, I was horrified to find that for years we have been part of an experiment we have not consented to. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • It is important for us to be informed and to be up to date with genetically engineered food, the health risks it poses to humans, animals, birds, insects, and the damage it causes to our environment also the threats it poses to farmers. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • Research advocates attack President Bush for "banning stem cell research," while pro-life advocates lament a Republican administration and Congress that have banned nothing-not embryo destruction, not human cloning, not fetal farming, not genetic engineering. (eppc.org)
  • That is to say, we risk turning developed cells into developing embryos, and thus risk engaging in the very activities of embryo destruction and human cloning that we seek to avoid. (eppc.org)
  • Since 1995, Congress has annually reauthorized a law-called the "Dickey Amendment"-prohibiting federal funding for research "in which" embryos are destroyed while leaving embryo destruction in the private sector entirely unregulated. (eppc.org)
  • Before leaving office, President Clinton sought to get around the existing law without actually changing it, by funding research on embryonic stem cells so long as the actual embryo destruction was paid for with private dollars. (eppc.org)
  • The bill purports to promote stem-cell research, while outlawing the cloning of a human being. (cbc-network.org)
  • The scientists hope to induce the cell to divide and form embryonic stem cells, which they will then use for research into stem cell therapy for human diseases, e.g. (creationfactfile.com)
  • One of the scientists who wants to try the technique, Stephen Minger of King's College London in the U.K. commented: "The use of nonhuman oocytes (egg cells) for SCNT is currently the only ethically justifiable option given the large numbers of eggs required to derive cloned human stem cell lines. (creationfactfile.com)
  • These moral perils are surely not a reason to oppose adult stem cell research, which deserves vigorous and expanded public support. (eppc.org)
  • Some forms of stem cell research such as the use of cells from adults or cord blood, are not controversial. (cmq.org.uk)
  • What are the potential medical benefits of stem cell research 9 what is the most likely time scale for realising them? (cmq.org.uk)
  • The possible benefits of stem cell research are unknown or at best speculative, though the prospects appear superficially attractive. (cmq.org.uk)
  • The principles of stem cell development and differentiation should be researched in animals. (cmq.org.uk)
  • Stem cell research represents one of the most polarized biomedical controversies of our time. (nhsjs.com)
  • Adversaries of stem cell research argue that embryos are human and destroying one is equal to murdering a child. (nhsjs.com)
  • Considering the great potential of embryonic stem cell research, it is argued here that their research be allowed to be legal, federally funded, and its development a national priority. (nhsjs.com)
  • Stem cell research is one of the most controversial issues in modern medicine. (nhsjs.com)
  • When the stem cells divide, the new cell may remain a stem cell to divide again or may differentiate to become any of the 200 types of specialized cells in the human body. (nhsjs.com)
  • In the United States currently embryonic stem cell research is allowed but there has been a lot of public controversy and legal setbacks. (nhsjs.com)
  • Two bills were proposed: The first one was the Stem Cell Research Advancement Act, which passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate but was vetoed by President George W. Bush. (nhsjs.com)
  • This newer bill calls for prioritizing federally assisted advancement of embryonic stem cell research ( 1). (nhsjs.com)
  • Additionally, there have been two executive orders focusing on embryonic stem cells, one released by President George W. Bush prohibiting embryonic stem cell research and related federal funding, the other by President Barack Obama reversing the previous order but still with restrictions in place ( 2). (nhsjs.com)
  • This showcases the ambivalence of public perception, policy and legislation about stem cell research. (nhsjs.com)
  • Embryonic stem cell technology is still at a preliminary research stage and announcements about its potential may be premature. (edu.au)
  • Experts from around the world are assessing the difficult issue of the extent to which embryonic stem cell research should be allowed to proceed, and to date there is little international consensus on this matter. (edu.au)
  • How, then, should embryonic stem cell research be regulated in Australia? (edu.au)
  • This issue was considered by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in its report entitled Human Cloning: Scientific, Ethical and Regulatory Aspects of Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research (hereafter the Andrews Report , after the Chair of the Committee, Mr Kevin Andrews, MP) released in September 2001. (edu.au)
  • In this article we examine embryonic stem cell research and explore the current regulatory framework associated with this research in Australia, with particular reference to the Andrews Report . (edu.au)
  • Stem cell technology in humans derives from earlier and complementary work in animal studies. (edu.au)
  • This piece will focus on the medical technology being developed using Wharton's jelly as a source material for stem cells, but will also delve into broader aspects of stem cell research, one of the most fascinating current areas of scientific study. (articlecity.com)
  • The first offspring to develop from a differentiated cell were born after nuclear transfer from an embryo-derived cell line that had been induced to became quiescent. (todayinsci.com)
  • The creation of an embryo by nuclear transfer is a human being whose right to continued life should be respected. (cmq.org.uk)
  • Cytoplasm contains animal DNA (in the mitochondria), which must work with the human DNA in the nucleus if the cell is to function properly. (creationfactfile.com)
  • Proponents argue the name is not only misleading but inflammatory: mitochondria and their genomes are purely functional, limited to producing energy and exerting no influence on appearance, personality, intelligence or other human attributes that we value. (blogspot.com)
  • Transfer of a single nucleus at a specific stage of development, to an enucleated unfertilized egg, provided an opportunity to investigate whether cellular differentiation to that stage involved irreversible genetic modification. (todayinsci.com)
  • Stem cells are defined by their capacity for self-renewal and multilineage differentiation, making them uniquely situated to treat a broad spectrum of human diseases. (articlecity.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)
  • 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)
  • I Corinthians 15:39) Paul's basis for this statement is that all the different kinds of animals were made as separate creations and human beings are unique creations made in the image of God. (creationfactfile.com)
  • All things considered, contemporary biological insights inform us that human beings, like all species, actually are already polygenomic organisms, and for that reason, fundamental biological concepts such as 'individual' and 'species' deserve considerable nuance. (demul.nl)
  • The report arose out of a recommendation for the Committee to review the report of the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) of the NHMRC entitled Scientific, Ethical and Regulatory Considerations Relevant to Cloning of Human Beings (hereafter the AHEC Report ). (edu.au)
  • An animal model is a non-human species used in biomedical research because it can mimic aspects of a biological process or disease found in humans. (genome.gov)
  • The technique involves removing the nucleus of an egg cell from an animal, such as a cow or a rabbit, and inserting the nucleus of human cell. (creationfactfile.com)
  • The resulting cell is called a "cybrid" rather than a hybrid, because it has a human nucleus and animal cytoplasm. (creationfactfile.com)
  • This research assumes that the animal cytoplasm will not make any difference as only the human DNA in the nucleus will determine how the cell will function. (creationfactfile.com)
  • Next, they removed the nucleus and all its DNA from an egg cell. (essays.io)
  • But they are also less equipped to produce every cell type of the body and less able to reproduce themselves indefinitely, which makes them less appealing to scientists interested in basic research. (eppc.org)
  • That's because not all your DNA is in nucleus of the cell. (faithandfreedom.us)
  • ES are pluripotent, as they can transform into almost any human cell type. (nhsjs.com)
  • Courtney Campbell, director of the Program for Ethics, Science and the Environment at Oregon State University, says, "Some traditions and leading figures in conservative Protestantism who were opposed to human cloning for reproductive reasons have come to see that given the ambiguity about their own views about the status of embryonic life, and given the potential for health benefits, they could be opposed to reproductive cloning, but affirm therapeutic cloning. (wikipedia.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)
  • Such biotechnological creations evoke a lot of resistance in public debates. (demul.nl)
  • The pace of scientific development has been directly promoted by substantial increases in OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) government funding for genetic and biotechnological research. (edu.au)
  • 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)
  • This is because stem cells are, basically, the core building blocks of all human cells - which is why they are most prominently a part of human physiology during gestation in the womb. (articlecity.com)
  • The Church of England put out a statement on the Church's website which reads, "human reproductive cloning was made unlawful by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Human Fertilisation and Embryology authority in the UK have approved research using embryos created by mixing human and animal cells. (creationfactfile.com)
  • Members of Parliament in England are set to vote to amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 2008 to allow for three parent babies. (blogspot.com)
  • On the other hand, according to a survey of Christian fundamentalist pastors, responses indicated a "common account of human cloning as primarily reproductive in nature, proscribed by its violation of God's will and role. (wikipedia.org)
  • All of these things may contribute to why many fundamentalist Christian pastors see human reproductive cloning as simply "forbidden territory. (wikipedia.org)
  • Another point of misunderstanding arises in the separation of human reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning. (wikipedia.org)
  • But we can only wonder about the ethical propriety of producing the first human child with this technique, knowing that the hoped-for newborn would be a reproductive experiment, one that may end initially in numerous fetal failures. (eppc.org)
  • Assisted reproductive technology (ART) and embryo research have posed many challenges to the different timeframes of science, ethics and law. (edu.au)
  • The reason for wanting to use animal cells for this research is that there are not enough human eggs available for the research. (creationfactfile.com)
  • Even if you don't have a religious view of the sanctity of life, you have to ask is there going to be a massive trade in human eggs from poor women to rich countries. (wikiquote.org)
  • In July 2005, for example, scientists announced that they had engineered adult mouse stem cells into usable mouse eggs, a technique that might one day allow for the creation of human eggs from ordinary human cells. (eppc.org)
  • Before the fertilized eggs start dividing into early stage embryos each nucleus is removed. (faithandfreedom.us)
  • Citizens disagree about whether we should destroy human embryos for their stem cells-and if so, which embryos, with whose money, under what regulatory guidelines. (eppc.org)
  • Adversaries support that it is unethical to destroy an embryo and is, in religious terms, a sin. (nhsjs.com)
  • Modern study shows that organs from cloned pigs produce organs that can be used in a human transplant. (essays.io)
  • Christians take multiple positions in the debate on the morality of human cloning. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned on 5 July 1996, and the possibility of cloning humans became a reality, Christian leaders have been pressed to take an ethical stance on its morality. (wikipedia.org)
  • It is hard to pinpoint any one, definite stance of the Christian religion, since there are so many Christian denominations and so few official statements from each of them concerning the morality of human cloning. (wikipedia.org)
  • These animals are important in terms of their significance to science and the ethical issues that their creation raises. (wikiquote.org)
  • The whole issue raises an ethically troubling prospect - that children conceived in this way will inherit vital traits from three parents. (blogspot.com)
  • As such, we predict that nothing will come of it that is any use for curing human diseases, and it is unethical to give suffering people false hope. (creationfactfile.com)
  • Current research is focused on growing a wide range of new tissue from stem cells, including muscle, blood, brain, and cartilage cells. (articlecity.com)
  • Similarly, the transplantation of other tissue-specific stem cells, such as stem cells isolated from epithelial and neural tissues, can treat mouse disease models and human patients in which epithelial and neural cells are damaged. (articlecity.com)
  • Moreover, while the term "human being" is not defined in the legislation, in this context, it can only mean the birth of a cloned baby. (cbc-network.org)
  • I see nothing wrong ethically with the idea of correcting single gene defects [through genetic engineering]. (todayinsci.com)
  • One fact, however, that needs to be placed under consideration is that the cloning technology is already here, and either way, at some point human clones would be acceptable to help in elongating human genetic lines. (essays.io)
  • Scientists are creating unthinkable genetic modifications in our food, mixing animal, insects and even human DNA into animals and plants, and the reason of course is the giant biotechnology corporations are desperate for profits at any cost. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • The biotech industry wants it all kept quiet as they push products onto the market with unprecedented speed to recoup their billions of dollars in accumulated genetic research and investment costs. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • Think of mice with sizable pieces of genetic code that originated from the human genome, used in cancer and pharmaceutical research, or pigs with a human heart, that are grown for medical applications. (demul.nl)
  • other concerns include whether the dignity of the human person is overlooked, as well as the role of the parents as co-creators. (wikipedia.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) The transmission of life and the dignity of the human person. (wf-f.org)
  • The intention of Parliament in drawing up the 1990 Act was to totally ban cloning which was then foreseen as transferring a nucleus into an enucleated embryo. (cmq.org.uk)
  • However, therapeutic cloning may be thought of as ethical, as it does not result in another human being. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is nothing ethical about this research at all. (creationfactfile.com)
  • Human cloning has emerged to be among the greatest ethical debates in our era, with most states expressing their opposition or acceptance in the process. (essays.io)
  • The holy grail of regenerative medicine-whatever one's ethical beliefs about destroying embryos-is to "reprogram" regular cells from one's own body so that individuals can be the source of their own rejection-proof therapies. (eppc.org)
  • Progressives are celebrating, while some conservatives are saying much more research needs to be done---other Christian conservatives are expressing ethical concerns. (faithandfreedom.us)
  • Ethical rules need, however, to be in place so that scientific research always respects the life and freedom of individuals, and there is no abuse of this research potential to serve other goals. (nhsjs.com)
  • Proponents, on the other hand, believe that embryos have not yet been guaranteed their human rights because they are only blastocysts, and the benefits of such research outweigh the concerns. (nhsjs.com)
  • Embryonic stem cells, which must be extracted from embryos three to five days old (known as blastocysts, which contain only about 150 cells at this point of development). (articlecity.com)
  • Catholic support for therapeutic cloning is conditional on the stipulation that it does not involve any kind of infringement upon human embryos. (wikipedia.org)
  • On the topic of cloning we should set an example by outlawing it in all its forms, cloned babies and so called 'therapeutic cloning' (which is a misnomer as at this stage no therapeutic benefit will result from the cloned embryo). (cmq.org.uk)
  • Stem cells from cord blood or adult tissues do not give rise to the same moral considerations as those derived from embryos or cloned embryos or aborted foetuses. (cmq.org.uk)
  • However, Coyne's own progressive political and moral views seem to presuppose that human life does have value and purpose. (uncommondescent.com)
  • Secondly, widening the scope of research further establishes the human embryo as a mere commodity for use as a research animal and moves away from Dame Warnock's assertion that the embryo deserves special respect. (cmq.org.uk)
  • Creation and procreation. (wf-f.org)
  • Never in the past has human procreation, hence the family, been so threatened as in the culture of today. (wf-f.org)
  • The causes vary, but the 'eclipse' of God, the Creator of man, lies at the root of the profound current crisis of the whole truth about man, about human procreation and about the family. (wf-f.org)
  • Method: An international literature review, which called CAMbrella, the Pan: European Union project work package based on its research, which took part in the work of the Department of Complementary Medicine in, Health Science Faculty of Pecs University, as well. (omicsonline.org)
  • Results: Acupuncture and TCM, are one of the most researched area of non-conventional, complementary therapies. (omicsonline.org)
  • The human body is made of billions and billions of cells, which have specific shapes, particular structures, and different functions. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • Stem cells are naturally occurring in the human body (and other living organisms) at all levels of development. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • Such cells are derived from human embryos, and are undifferentiated, unlike other specialized cells in the human body. (nhsjs.com)
  • The word biomarker is short for biological marker, a term that refers to a measurable event occurring in a biological system, such as the human body. (iloencyclopaedia.org)
  • Stem cells are unspecialized cells of the human body. (articlecity.com)
  • There are now two ways to create new mammalian life, including humans. (cbc-network.org)
  • but, although it seems likely that somebody, at some time, will attempt it, we need not assume that it will ever become a common or significant feature of human life. (todayinsci.com)
  • We all should be concerned because it deals with the safety of something very basic to human life: our food. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • New research suggests that they play a far greater role in some of the most important features of human life than first thought. (blogspot.com)
  • On closer inspection, the mythological human-animal combinations appear to contain more truth on this point than nineteenth-century biology, which was strongly driven by a separative cosmology, which still haunts common sense conceptions of life today. (demul.nl)
  • Coyne embraces the same contradiction when he discusses whether human life has value or purpose. (uncommondescent.com)
  • You'll join a community of outstanding researchers and skilled professionals devoted to conduct excellent interdisciplinary research at the frontiers of engineering and life sciences. (ibecbarcelona.eu)
  • Research on early embryos indicates that cytoplasm content has a profound effect on the early development of the embryo. (creationfactfile.com)
  • However, the removal of embryonic stem cells destroys the early embryo. (nhsjs.com)
  • This has led the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to publish guidelines on the requirement for appropriate qualifications to scientific announcements to avoid unrealistic expectations in the community for the early introduction of medical products. (edu.au)
  • There are certain Protestant denominations that do not disagree with the acceptability of human cloning. (wikipedia.org)
  • There is a range of different views world-wide on the acceptability of research on embryonic stem cells. (cmq.org.uk)
  • 1] Animal experimentation is going on all over the world the genes from chicken, cows, rats and humans have been engineered into commercial fish species in order to increase the growth rates- GM salmon, for instance, have been engineered to reach six times their natural size. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • Some Christian traditions, such as the United Church of Christ, believe that cloning can be conducted ethically for this purpose, in order to help treat disease and improve the public health, as they do not see the fertilized ovum as constituting a person. (wikipedia.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)
  • Involve transplantation of nonhuman tissues or organs into human recipients. (essays.io)
  • Stem cells may be derived from adult tissues but the most potent are extracted from developing human embryos. (edu.au)
  • Stem cells originating in human embryos can be categorized as either embryonic stem cells or embryonic germ cells . (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • Basically, any of these cells can "act as an embryo. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • To try to mix human and animal cells is denying that humans are unique creations and flying in the face of the God who made them. (creationfactfile.com)
  • Far more controversial-and for good reason-are stem cells derived from destroyed human embryos. (eppc.org)
  • There are many types of stem cells, but most of the controversy surrounds embryonic stem cells, as they are derived from human embryos. (nhsjs.com)
  • The unique properties of human stem cells have aroused considerable optimism about their potential as new pathways for alleviating human suffering caused by disease and injury. (edu.au)
  • Stem cells exist both in embryos and adult cells. (articlecity.com)
  • Animal models (e.g., mice, rats, zebrafish and others) are sufficiently like humans in their anatomy, physiology or response to a pathogen that researchers can extrapolate the results of animal model studies to better understand human physiology and disease. (genome.gov)
  • Many of these pastors acknowledged the reason for this violation being rooted in the religiously motivated view that human cloning is an example of scientists 'playing God. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some scientists do argue that the plurality of views comes from the differing understandings of what exactly human cloning is. (wikipedia.org)
  • The glossary features nearly 250 terms explained in an easy-to-understand way by leading scientists and professionals at the National Human Genome Research Institute. (genome.gov)
  • In other research areas, commercial pressures have resulted in a changed culture with regard to scientific announcements. (edu.au)
  • The European Parliament has voted against all forms of human cloning, and President Bush, President Chirac and Hubert Heupe have joined in condemning the British decision. (cmq.org.uk)
  • Animal human embryo research approved, according to reports BBC News, news@nature and ScienceNOW, 5 September 2007. (creationfactfile.com)
  • The success in animal cloning formed the basis of the heated argument regarding human cloning in the contemporary world. (essays.io)
  • Who does not know the wonderful human-animal combinations in Greek mythology? (demul.nl)
  • Because human-animal combinations are among us again, and this time not as creations of mythological imagination, but as products of contemporary biotechnology, such as cybrids and chimeras. (demul.nl)
  • By using animal models, researchers can perform experiments that would be impractical or ethically prohibited with humans. (genome.gov)