Cloning: A Beginner's Guide

by Aaron D. Levine

Overview

Would you drink milk from a cloned cow? Should we clone extinct or endangered species? Are we justified in using stem cells to develop cures? When will we clone the first human? Ever since Dolly the sheep, such questions have rarely been far from the public consciousness. Aaron Levine explains the science of cloning and guides readers around the thorny political and ethical issues that have developed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781851685226
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	05/01/2007
Series:	Beginner's Guides
Pages:	193
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Aaron Levine is currently conducting research on the impact of public policy on biomedical research at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.

Table of Contents

Preface     vi
Acknowledgements     ix
List of Illustrations     xi
What cloning is and why it matters     1
A cloning parts list: cells, genes, and embryos     10
Dolly and her scientific predecessors     38
Animal cloning in the twenty-first century     66
Embryonic stem cells and the promise of therapeutic cloning     90
The ethical debate over human cloning     113
Cloning science in uncertain times     136
The future of cloning     157
Notes     171
Glossary     178
Index     187

Editorial Reviews

"An excellent general introduction to the complex subject of cloning"

the sheep Ian Wilmut - lead scientist in the team to clone Dolly

"I highly recommend this book to everyone: I think it would be especially good as additional reading material for introductory genetics courses, bioethics and biomedical classes."

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