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If you choose to follow any links to the abstract and/or complete text of the item listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser. Jose B. Cibelli, Robert P. Lanza, Michael D. West, and Carol Ezzell; sidebar by Ronald M. Green The First Human Cloned Embryo. (... a discussion of the work of researchers from the company Advanced Cell Technology [ACT] of Worcester, Massachusetts who, in November 2001, claimed to have produced the first known cloned human embryos. The researchers from ACT--who authored this article--intended to isolate human stem cells ... for use in growing replacement nerve, muscle, and other tissues that might one day be used to treat patients with a variety of diseases. The authors talk about the distinction between therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. In addition, sidebars to the article discuss 5 major ethical questions that were analyzed prior to conducting the research, as well as the legal implications of therapeutic cloning. Other keywords and phrases -- clone, clones, humans, SCNT, somatic cell nuclear transfer -- from the abstract of the article available through the database, General Science Abstracts) Scientific American Volume 286, Number 1 (January 2002): 44-51. **A discussion that is critical of the claims of ACT and the researchers noted above can be found in the article "First Human Clones get a Cool Response" by David Adam in Nature Volume 414, Number 6863 (November 29, 2001): 477.** How to find the above journal, magazine, or other publication? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions? Please let me know. |
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