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Cloning
. Ed(S): Rantala, M.L.; Milgram, Arthur J.
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Paperback. Scientists, ethicists, religious leaders and legal experts explore the benefits and costs of cloning. Topics include: is cloning against human nature?; the separation of reproduction from human relationships; clones in medicine; eugenic/dysgenic and the cultural consequences of human cloning. Editor(s): Rantala, M.L.; Milgram, Arthur J. Num Pages: 300 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PSAD; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
The announcement last spring that a lab in Scotland had successfully cloned a mammal captured the attention of the media and the imagination of the public. This culmination of decades of research has profound scientific and ethical implications. If applied to other species, cloning could further genetic engineering and greatly improve animal husbandry. Now that a sheep has been cloned, are humans next? Governments reacted swiftly with bans on funding for human cloning research. Churches united in calling for a complete ban on the cloning of higher animals. Critics immediately alluded to Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and the myth of Icarus. ... Read more
The announcement last spring that a lab in Scotland had successfully cloned a mammal captured the attention of the media and the imagination of the public. This culmination of decades of research has profound scientific and ethical implications. If applied to other species, cloning could further genetic engineering and greatly improve animal husbandry. Now that a sheep has been cloned, are humans next? Governments reacted swiftly with bans on funding for human cloning research. Churches united in calling for a complete ban on the cloning of higher animals. Critics immediately alluded to Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and the myth of Icarus. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780812693751
SKU
V9780812693751
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99-15
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