Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a human being. It is currently the subject of much debate around the world, ...

Researchers in South Korea on Thursday announced they succeeded in extracting stem cells from a cloned human embryo. Following a background report on the science behind the research, Margaret Warner ...

This extensive research directly contradicts the long-held notion that clones are identical copies of their original donor and disproves the idea that current cloning technology could be sustained ...

From the moment physicians take the Hippocratic Oath to “do no harm,” they commit themselves to ethical decision-making in their profession. As colleagues, one a physician and one a bioethicist, we ...

Scientists from across the world, many from the developing world, will call for a worldwide ban on human reproductive cloning at a UN meeting next week. The UN committee has been looking at the ...

Last month, we said that human reproductive cloning should be banned and embryonic stem cell research encouraged. In the United States, stem cell research has become an election-year issue, although ...

Cloning is a biotechnological process that involves creating genetically identical copies of an organism or cell. In essence, a clone is an exact genetic replica of the original organism or cell, ...