Cloning: A Select Chronology, 1997-2003

Wright, Mary V.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Medicine;    Human embryology;    Cloning;   

RP-ID  :  RL31211
RP-ID  :  RL31211 2003-08-19

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report includes a selected chronology of the events surrounding and following the cloning of a sheep from a single adult sheep cell by Scottish scientists, which was announced in February 1997. The project was cosponsored by PPL Therapeutics, Edinburgh, Scotland, which has applied for patents for the techniques used. This chronology also addresses subsequent reports of other cloning experiments, including the first one using human cells. Information on presidential actions and legislative activities related to the ethical and moral issues surrounding cloning is provided, as well as relevant Web sites.