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CLONING

 

DEFINITION: "1. Growing a colony of genetically identical cells or organisms in vitro. 2. Transplantation of a nucleus from a somatic cell to an ovum, which then develops into an embryo; many embryos can thus be generated by asexual reproduction." (Stedman's Medical Dictionary  27th  Ed.)

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·         Should cloning of humans be permitted?

·         What are the potential benefits of cloning?

·         What are the potential risks of cloning?

·         Is cloning ethical or immoral?

·         What are the social and cultural impacts of cloning?

·         Will clones really be physically and behaviorally identical?

·         If human cloning is allowed, what type of legislation should be enacted to control it?

·         Do any laws currently exist which address the subject of cloning?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Cloning; Genetic Engineering; Molecular Cloning

 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America REF JC 599 .U5 E53 2005
Gale Encyclopedia of Science  "Cloning" "Human Cloning" REF G 121 .G37
Encyclopedia of Environment and Society REF HM 856 .E53 2007
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology  REF Q 121 .M3

Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Ethics

REF Q 175.35 .E53 2005

  

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

CQ Researcher “Cloning Debate”  10/22/04

At Issue: Ethics of Genetic Engineering: Human Embryo Experimentation; Cloning (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Opposing Viewpoints; Cloning; Genetic Engineering; Ethics; Reproductive Technologies; Computers + Society

Issues & Controversies   "Cloning" 9/21/2007

 

STATISTICS:  Gallup Poll  REF HN 90 .P8 G35

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Complete Expanded Academic ASAP OmniFile Full Text Select Edition
Health and Wellness Resource Center Wilson Science Complete

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS: America's Newspapers

 

INTERNET SITES: 

American Bioethics Advisory Committee http://www.all.org/cloning.htm
Family Research Council http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=RESEARCH
Religious Tolerance    http://www.religioustolerance.org/cloning.htm
Bioethics.net http://bioethics.net/resources/index.php?t=sub_pages&cat=1
Science.bio.org News http://science.bio.org/cloning.news.html

 

CITING YOUR SOURCES:

University/College Library Citing Electronic Resources  

http://ucl.broward.edu/Cite_Your_Sources.htm 

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