Publications

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

Non-fiction books

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.

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)
The possible future is optimistically suggested in this book as Lee M. Silver reviews reproductive genetic technologies and what they may mean for the human race.

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)
are cloned with an eighty percent success rate from the differentiated cells of an adult cow through somatic cell nuclear transfer. This indicates that the somatic cells of the adult cow were capable of directing the growth of the 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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