Difference between revisions of "Cloning versus Stem Cell Therapies (Biotechnology and Society 2016)"

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Taxidermied remains of Dolly, the first cloned mammal. (Image source)

Wilmut I, Schnieke AE, McWhir J, Kind AJ, Campbell KH (1997) Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells. Nature 385:810–813.
Paper describing cloning of Dolly the sheep.
Stewart C (1997) Nuclear transplantation. An udder way of making lambs. Nature 385:769, 771.
News and Views article accompanying Dolly article.
Pera M, Trounson A (2013) Cloning debate: Stem-cell researchers must stay engaged. Nature 498:159–161.
Compares the development of ESC, SCNT, and iPSC technologies and mentions some applications.
My Friend Again: Pet Cloning Service
See especially, the "My Dog has died" link.

Cyranoski D (2014) Cloning comeback. Nature 505:468–471.
Story of the career of Woo Suk Hwang.
Hwang WS et al. (2005) Patient-specific embryonic stem cells derived from human SCNT blastocysts. Science 308:1777–1783.
Check out the paper and the follow-up retraction.
Be sure to describe specifically what the scientific misconduct was for the two major studies and what the penalties were.

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 * [http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/cloning.htm How Cloning Works]
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