Cloning

Scientists Team Up To Clone Woolly Mammoth

Newser.com | Posted 03.13.2012

The woolly mammoth may be on the comeback trail, thanks to a deal signed today between prominent Russian and South Korean scientists to collaborate on...

We Must Regulate Reproductive Technology

S. Lochlann Jain | Posted 04.24.2012

S. Lochlann Jain

The fetuses created by IVF will ideally become healthy people. But the IVF industry needs federal oversight to ensure that the children produced have the maximum chance of growing up to be healthy adults.

Children Who Glow? A Jewish Law Perspective On Reproductive Ethics

Mary J. Loftus | Posted 11.24.2011

Mary J. Loftus

The centrally important question under Jewish law would be: Have we produced another healthy or healthier child?

Review: Controversial Cloning Start-Up 'My Little Me'

Joe Cristalli | Posted 07.11.2011

Joe Cristalli

2011-05-11-mylittleme.jpgThere has been a lot of buzz in the press recently about controversial genetic startup My Little Me. Recently, My Little Me reached out to ask if I'd review their products.

The Clone Wars: Is Dog Cloning Worse Than All the Other Things We Do to Dogs?

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 06.14.2011

Anna Jane Grossman

The number of dogs that have been cloned in the last six years is just a tiny fraction of the number of dogs that are bred and sold every day. But that's not why I won't clone my dog.

The Subject is Cloning

Steven Polansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven Polansky

It is not too soon to ask: What form or forms will the practice of human reproductive cloning take? What purposes will it serve; what needs will it satisfy?

Science and the Future of Cloning: Is Immortality Possible?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.17.2011

Patrick Takahashi

Whether you believe or not, most of us have thought about death, and "something" after our present life is better than a dark eternal gloom forever, sort of my present state of mind.

Human Cloning: A Post-Life Insurance?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.17.2011

Patrick Takahashi

Cremation will soon overtake burial; it occurred to me a logical next step might be preservation of a small portion of the remains, just in case cloning someday becomes commonplace.

Cinefantastique Podcast: Not Quite Human - Splice

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Persons

In Volume 1, Episode 17 of the Cinefantastique Podcast, Dan Persons Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski delve into the worlds of science fiction, fa...

Stephen Colbert Author Interview: Rebecca Skloot On 'The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Rebecca Skloot, the author of the recently published "Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," talked to Stephen Colbert last night about the first person t...

Fighting Science in the Name of God

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Brad Hirschfield

It's quite sad to see people marshaling their faith in order to provide window dressing for a set of fears and hostilities which are about something altogether separate from faith.

Can Extinct Animals Be Resurrected? (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

The woolly mammoth and saber-tooth tiger may only be the stuff of legend today, but that may not always be the case, according to recent research on t...

Can Science Resurrect God? New Scenario Says 'Yes'

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Robert Lanza, M.D.

Religious fervor has dwindled of late because religions have failed to keep pace with human knowledge. For faith to thrive, our concepts of God must adapt to our evolving scientific knowledge.

9/11 'Hero' Search Dog Cloned

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

LOS ANGELES — Scientists in California say they have cloned a dog that helped with search-and-rescue after the New York terrorist attacks on Sep...

Glowing Dogs Cloned, Say South Korean Scientists

SA | Posted 05.25.2011

South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that glow red using cloning techniques that could help develop cures for human diseases....

Korean Scientists: We've Cloned Glow-In-The Dark Beagles

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that glow red using cloning techniques that could help develo...

CLONED GOAT: Iranian Scientists Claim Hana The ADORABLE Goat Is Cloned (PHOTO)

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

ISFAHAN, Iran — Iranian scientists have cloned a goat and plan future experiments they hope will lead to a treatment for stroke patients, the le...

Camel Cloned In Dubai

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday claimed its own version of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, after the birth of a cloned camel in ...

Camel Cloned In Dubai

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A scientist says the world's first cloned camel has been produced in the desert emirate of Dubai. Nisar Ahmad Wani...

Should We Really Fear Reproductive Human Cloning?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

Jacob M. Appel

The president has not explained precisely why he opposes reproductive cloning. Is his opposition solely based upon the health risks of cloning techniques, or on moral grounds?

Ben & Jerry's Cloning Hoax Backfires

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Diane Tucker

With journalism migrating to the internet, it's important readers can trust what they read -- at the very least from companies like Ben & Jerry's that position themselves as concerned about our welfare.

New Rule: Test Tube Maybe

Bill Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Maher

Cloning the Woolly Mammoth

environmentalgraffiti.com | Posted 05.25.2011

You don't know this, but your life is empty and missing something important. You need a woolly mammoth in the living room, and on a leash to take shop...

Woolly Mammoth DNA Mapped

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a f...

FDA: "Send in the Clones"

Isabel Cowles | Posted 05.25.2011

Isabel Cowles

I'm not sure how comfortable you feel about eating an animal baby Frankenstein. If a man-made bovine doesn't frighten you, you'll likely find this art...