Publications

This list contains non-fiction books and articles on the topic of cloning.

Non-fiction books

Denis Alexander and Robert S. White
Science, Faith, and Ethics: Grid or Gridlock?
Hendrickson Publishers, Inc, Peabody (2004)
As scientists and Christians, authors Denis Alexander and Robert White reconcile these often-conflicting perspectives as they assess cloning, stem cell research, germline intervention, and other biotechnologies.

Justine Burley, ed.
The Genetic Revolution and Human Rights
Oxford University Press, Oxford (1999)
In this compendium, contributing authors proffer their views on human rights as related to embryonic research, cloning, and genetic information. They explore a wide range of questions related to the effects of biotechnology on racial and genetic discrimination, as well as the ethics associated with moving forward with such research.

Ronald Cole-Turner, ed.
Human Cloning: Religious Responses
Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville (1997)
This set of essays by professors, theological scholars, and religious ethicists provides a discussion about the exponential scientific advances in recent decades in a religion-based framework. They question the role of cloning in society and whether or not it undermines the role religion.

Brent Waters and Ronald Cole-Turner eds.
God and the Embryo
Georgetown University Press, Washington D.C. (2003)
This collection of essays provides a religious perspective on the debate on cloning. The authors' perspectives run the gamut from Orthodox to Presbyterian to Jewish, and they discuss the morality of stem cell research. Official statements are included on embryonic research and cloning from various religious groups.

Suzanne Holland, Karen Lebacqz, and Laurie Zoloth, eds.
The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate
MIT Press, Cambridge (2001)
This collection of articles examines the ethics of stem cell research from the perspective of theologians, professors, scientists, and ethicists. The anthology includes excerpts from testimony before the National Bioethics Advisory Commission.

Leon R. Kass
Ethics of Human Cloning
(American Institute for Public Policy Research: Washington, D.C. 1998)
Leon Kass and James Wilson delve into issues involving the ethics of human cloning, reproductive technology and the teleology of human sexuality through dialogue and sharing personal beliefs.

Arlene Judith Klotzko
A Clone of Your Own?
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2006)
Arlene Judith Klotzko explores society's simultaneous fascination with and phobia of cloning as depicted in the media and the arts. Through this discussion, she compels reflection on the societal and ethical implications of cloning on the future by posing the hypothetical situation of everyone having his or her own clone.

Arlene Judith Klotzko
The Cloning Sourcebook
Oxford University Press, Oxford (2001)
Arlene Judith Klotzko makes it clear that cloning is not only relevant to science, but also to many other fields, including journalism, ethics, and public policy. This overview discusses the science behind cloning and promotes open dialogue about the societal consequences of cloning.

John Charles Kunich
The Naked Clone: How Cloning Bans Threaten Our Personal Rights
Praeger, London (2003)
John Kunich discusses the legal ramifications of a cloning ban as an obstruction of personal freedoms.

Paul Lauritzen, ed.
Cloning and the Future of Human Embryo Research
Oxford University Press (2001)
Through several essays, this book discusses the societal implications of human cloning as intrinsically connected to assisted reproductive technologies and embryonic research. This book contains both religious and secular viewpoints on these issues.

Jane Maienschein
Whose View of Life?
Harvard University Press, Cambridge (2003)
Professor and former congressional fellow Jane Maienschein addresses the controversy surrounding stem cell and cloning research, delving into the ethical, legal, and social issues.

Glenn McGee
The Perfect Baby
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham (2000)
Bioethicist Glenn McGee explains some of the concerns and clarifies some common misunderstandings about genetic engineering while offering his own views on the future of cloning and germline intervention in society.

Gregory E. Pence, ed.
Flesh of My Flesh
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Oxford (1998)
Scientists, bioethicists, philosophers, theologians, and legal experts contribute a wide range of perspectives and opinions on human cloning in this collection of articles.

Gregory E. Pence
Cloning After Dolly
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., New York (2004)
Gregory Pence postulates that cloning may find applications in curing terminal diseases and saving endangered species.

Gregory E. Pence
Who's Afraid of Human Cloning?
(Rowman and Littlefield: Lanham, MD 1998)
Bioethicist Gregory Pence, arguing for supervision of human reproductive cloning, provides thoughts and explanations concerning the scientific and ethical issues involved with cloning.

Lee M. Silver
Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World
Avon Books: New York 1997
Princeton University science professor Lee Silver explores the possibilities of genetic engineering. He argues that society should accept that human cloning will become a reality through today's market-driven culture.

Articles

Nathan A. Adams
Creating Clones, Kids & Chimeras: Liberal Democratic Compromise at the Crossroads
17 Notre Dame J.L. Ethics & Pub. Pol’y 71-149 (2003)
Human cloning, genetic screening, and genetic engineering are examined in an attempt to find a compromise in the political debate surrounding biotechnology. The author stresses that the discussion should focus on such principles as equal protection, reproduction rights, the First Amendment, and patent law.

Lori B. Andrews
Mom, Dad, Clone: Implications for Reproductive Privacy
7 Camb. Q. Healthc. Ethics 176-186 (1998)
The argument that human cloning might be constitutionally protected as procreative liberty is explored. Even if the physical risks of cloning are minimized and constitutional protection over cloning exists, the author offers that human cloning should be banned as an improper use of power over another’s autonomy.

George J. Annas
Why We Should Ban Human Cloning
339 N.E.J.M. 122-25 (1998)
The primary problems with human cloning presented are the denial of a clone’s individuality and the commodifying of children. The author distinguishes between cloning for research and cloning to create a human being, suggesting that regulation over human experimentation should allow the former and ban the latter.

George J. Annas and John A. Robertson
Human Cloning: Should the United States Legislate Against It?
Yes: Individual Dignity Demands Nothing Less;
No: The Potential for Good is Too Compelling
83 A.B.A.J. 80-81 (1997)
George J. Annas argues that human cloning is an affront to individual dignity, emphasizing that society has yet to address the less problematic issues of in vitro fertilization. John A. Robertson counters that the potential benefits of human cloning are too significant to ban the developing technology because of fears that science fiction will be realized.

Woo Suk Hwang, Young June Ryu, Jong Hyuk Park, Eul Soon Park, Eu Gene Lee, Ja Min Koo, Hyun Yong Jeon, Byeong Chun Lee, Sung Keun Kang, Sun Jong Kim, Curie Ahn, Jung Hye Hwang, Ky Young Park, Jose B. Cibelli, and Shin Yong Moon
Evidence of a Pluripotent Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line Derived From a Cloned Blastocyst
303 Science 1669-1774 (2004)
A human embryonic stem cell line is developed through somatic cell nuclear transfer technology. The potential use for human patients with degenerative disorders is the transplanting of generated differentiated cells carrying the patient’s genes into the patient without rejection by the immune system.

Yoko Kato, Tetsuya Tani, Yusuke Sotomaru, Kazuo Kurokawa, Jun-ya Kato, Hiroshi Doguchi, Hiroshi Yasue, and Yukio Tsunoda
Eight Calves Cloned From Somatic Cells of a Single Adult
282 Science 2095-2098 (1998)
Eight calves were derived from differentiated cells of a single adult cow, five from cumulus cells and three from oviductal cells out of 10 embryos transferred to surrogate cows (80 percent success). All calves were visibly normal, but four died at or soon after birth from environmental causes, and postmortem analysis revealed no abnormality. These results show that bovine cumulus and oviductal epithelial cells of the adult have the genetic content to direct the development of newborn calves.

Robert P. Lanza, Jose B. Cibelli, David Faber, Raymond W. Sweeney, Boyd Henderson, Wendy Nevala, Michael D. West, and Peter J. Wettstein
Cloned Cattle Can Be Healthy and Normal
294 Science 1893-94 (2001)
Results of evaluating twenty-four mature, cloned cattle indicate normal physical, behavioral, and reproductive characteristics. The Holsteins did not exhibit genetic defects, immune deficiencies, or gross obesity as observed in previously cloned animals by other researchers.

Tom G. McEvoy, Cheryl J. Ashworth, John A. Rooke, and Kevin D. Sinclair
Consequences of Manipulating Gametes and Embryos of Ruminant Species. [In Process]
61 Reproductive Supplement 167-182 (2003)
The effects of applying reproductive biotechnologies to ruminant species are discussed. Although these techniques may offer a new way to conserve endangered species, they may also result in abnormalities during development.

Li Meng , John J. Ely, Richard L. Stouffer, and Don P. Wolf
Rhesus Monkeys Produced by Nuclear Transfer
57 Biological Reproduction 454-459 (1997)
Two identical rhesus macaques are produced by nuclear transfer. Cloned non-human primates can be used as a model for gene therapy and research of inheritable traits in humans.

Dorothy Nelkin and Susan Lindee
Cloning in the Popular Imagination
7 Camb. Q. Healthc. Ethics 145-149 (1998)
The media coverage and public response to Dolly, the cloned sheep, are explored. The authors see Dolly as a symbol of the public fears of the power of genetic manipulation and the uncertain future of humanity with the growth of biotechnology.

John A. Robertson
Liberty, Identity, and Human Cloning
76 Tex. L. Rev. 1371-1456 (1998)
The technology, controversies, potential demand, and public policy issues of human cloning are considered. The author proffers that a ban on human cloning would set a dangerous precedent for other forms of assisted reproduction, suggesting instead that present regulatory mechanisms would provide sufficient control.

Angelika E. Schnieke, Alexander J. Kind, William A. Ritchie, Karen Mycock, Angela R. Scott, Marjorie Ritchie, Ian Wilmut, Alan Colman, and Keith H. S. Campbell
Human Factor IX Transgenic Sheep Produced by Transfer of Nuclei from Transfected Fetal Fibroblasts
278 Science 2130-2133 (1997)
Somatic cell nuclear transfer, as an alternative to pronuclear microinjection, is used to produce transgenic sheep. Production of sheep milk with human clotting factor IX could provide treatment for hemophiliacs without the risk of infection possible from traditional treatments derived from human plasma.

Taeyoung Shin, Duane Kraemer, Jane Pryor, Ling Liu, James Rugila, Lisa Howe, Sandra Buck, Keith Murphy, Leslie Lyons, and Mark Westhusin
A Cat Cloned by Nuclear Transplantation
415 Nature 859 (2002)
A cat is cloned by transferring a cell nucleus from an adult donor cat into an enucleated ovum and fusing the nucleus and ovum with an electrical pulse. The coloration pattern of the cloned kitten’s coat does not match that of the donor cat’s coat because coloration pattern is a result of both genetic and developmental factors.

James A. Thomson, Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor, Sander S. Shapiro, Michelle A. Waknitz, Jennifer J. Swiergiel, Vivienne S. Marshall, and Jeffrey M. Jones
Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Derived From Human Blastocysts
282 Science 1145-1147 (1998)
Five human embryonic stem cell lines are derived from separate donated embryos. The cell lines can be used to study human development, target genes for new drugs, and research transplant techniques.

Teruhiko Wakayama, Yoichi Shinkai, Kellie L. K. Tamashiro, Hiroyuki Niida, D. Caroline Blanchard, Robert J. Blanchard, Atsuo Ogura, Kentaro Tanemura, Makoto Tachibana, Anthony C. F. Perry, Diana F. Colgan, Peter Mombaerts and Ryuzo Yanagimachi
Ageing: Cloning of Mice to Six Generations
407 Nature 318-319 (2000)
Mice are iteratively cloned to four and six generations. There was no indication of premature ageing in the successive generations of clones, although the rate of live births decreased with successive iterations.

Ian Wilmut, Angelika E. Schnieke, Jim McWhir, Alexander J. Kind, and Keith H. S. Campbell
Viable Offspring Derived from Fetal and Adult Mammalian Cells
385 Nature 810-813 (1997)
The live birth of lambs developed from differentiated fetal and adult cells is reported. These births support the notion that cell differentiation will not alter irreversibly genetic material necessary for normal development.

Group of Advisers to the President of the European Commission on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology
Ethical Aspects of Cloning Techniques
23 J. Med. Ethics 349-352 (1997)
Animal cloning and the human implications of cloning are examined by providing scientific explanation and discussing the related ethical issues. Prohibition for both cloning to produce a human child and cloning for clinical use is recommended.

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