Introduction
The mother of a child with juvenile diabetes demonstrates at the Capitol in support of embryonic stem-cell research. (Getty Images/Shawn Thew)
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Cloning became a hot issue in this year's presidential race after scientists in South Korea announced that they had created human embryos by cloning, and former first lady Nancy Reagan urged President Bush to reconsider his policies on so-called therapeutic cloning and embryonic stem-cell research. Some scientists think embryonic stem-cell research could someday produce cures for Parkinson's disease, diabetes and other maladies that afflict millions of people, including Alzheimer's disease, which killed President Ronald Reagan. Others say the procedure offers more hype than hope. Still others, including President Bush, say the research is grossly unethical because it destroys human embryos. They also fear that therapeutic cloning could lead to human cloning and even the creation of human clones as organ sources. Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry opposes human cloning but has vowed to quadruple federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research.
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Jun. 14, 2019 |
Consumer Genetic Testing |
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Apr. 26, 2019 |
Manipulating Human Genes |
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Sep. 15, 2017 |
Medical Breakthroughs |
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Jun. 19, 2015 |
Manipulating the Human Genome |
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May 31, 2013 |
Patenting Human Genes |
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Jan. 21, 2011 |
Genes and Health |
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May 15, 2009 |
Reproductive Ethics |
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Oct. 22, 2004 |
Cloning Debate |
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May 18, 2001 |
Designer Humans |
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Human Genome Research |
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Dec. 17, 1999 |
Embryo Research |
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May 28, 1999 |
DNA Databases |
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Biology and Behavior |
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May 09, 1997 |
The Cloning Controversy |
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Gene Therapy's Future |
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Apr. 08, 1994 |
Reproductive Ethics |
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Gene Therapy |
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Fetal Tissue Research |
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Solving Crimes with Genetic Fingerprinting |
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Biotechnology Developments |
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Genetic Breakthroughs |
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Genetic Business |
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Genetic Research |
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Human Engineering |
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Human Intelligence |
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Genetics and the Life Process |
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