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Scientists in South Korea announced that they had cloned a human embryo.(The Week)(Brief Article)
* Scientists in South Korea announced that they had cloned a human embryo. Supporters of "research cloning"--that is, the creation of human embryos for the purpose of research in which they are destroyed--said that the announcement showed the folly of trying to enact a U.S. ban on cloning. Such a ban would only cause the research to move out of the country. "It is no accident that this week's breakthrough took place in South Korea, where government funding is available for this kind of research, rather than in the United States, where it is not," editorialized the Washington Post. It advises Congress to ban cloning only when it would be used to produce babies, and to make sure that the research proceeds in an ethical manner. But any ban, including the Post's preferred one, is susceptible to the objection that people who wish to flout ...
- Human cloning research proceeds in South Korea.(reported creaton of a cloned...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century January 20, 1999 700+ words
...cloning human cells. The researchers say they created a cloned human embryo that was a genetic replica of a 30-year-old woman. If...Life League, warned that the news about the research in South Korea, whether scientifically accurate or not, is cause for alarm...
- South Korea clones human embryo.
- News wire article from: United Press International February 12, 2004 700+ words
SEOUL, Feb 12, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) South Korean scientists announced Thursday they had successfully created the world's first mature, cloned human embryos. The scientists said in a statement their goal is not to clone humans but to advance understanding of the causes and
- UPI NewsTrack TopNews, South Korea clones human embryo.
- News wire article from: United Press International February 12, 2004 700+ words
SEOUL, Feb 12, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) South Korean scientists announced Thursday they had successfully created the world's first mature, cloned human embryos. The scientists said in a statement their goal is not to clone humans but to advance understanding of the causes and
- South Korean claims of cloning human embryo met with skepticism by experts.
- Newspaper article from: Transplant News December 31, 1998 700+ words
...Reports that researchers in South Korea have succeeded in cloning a human embryo have been challenged by...they had cultivated a human embryo in its early stages using...days, at which point the human embryo had divided twice and...
- Top science council in Japan approves limited human embryo cloning.(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: Transplant News August 12, 2004 700+ words
...banned human cloning in 2001, but allowed researchers to use human embryos that are not produced by cloning. Japan joins the United Kingdom and South Korea as countries that have formally adopted human embryo cloning research guidelines.
- DISEASE FREE LIFE BECKONS; Boffins clone a human embryo.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) February 12, 2004 700+ words
RESEARCHERS in South Korea have, for the first time, cloned a human embryo and extracted stem cells, it emerged today...immune system disease. But attempts at cloning a human embryo in the stem cell quest have failed until now...
- Researchers create stem cells from cloned human embryo.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 11, 2004 700+ words
...Gorner and Ronald Kotulak Researchers in South Korea have created stem cells from a cloned human embryo, a critical step toward a future where...England, Sweden, Australia, Israel and South Korea, whose governments actively support the...
- S. Korea allows human embryo research.
- News wire article from: United Press International July 16, 2002 700+ words
SEOUL, South Korea, Jul 16, 2002...Ethics Bill" limits human embryo use to stem cell...science center of South Korea's major civic...not really a human embryo," just an "activated...affiliate company in South Korea, said it would...