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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
Encyclopedia of Science and Religion REF BL 240.3 .E43 2003
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 Premier Expanded Academic ASAP OmniFile Full Text Mega
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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