Tag: cloning

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2019

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, cloning, evil, human cloning, in vitro fertilization, Jay Richards, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, pregnancy, rape, Roman Catholic, soul, theology, Thomism}

Jay Richards Responds to Michael Egnor on Cloning

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2019

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Cloning a human being is a terrifying prospect, from a moral perspective, and seems inevitable. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __edited, abstract thought, brain, cloning, DNA, embryos, gestation, human cloning, intellect, mammals, matter, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, proteins, scientific evidence, somatic cell nuclear transfer, testability, Wesley J. Smith, will}

Egnor: How to Test Materialist Theories of Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2019

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

A premise here is that abstract thought is a unique human endowment, so our colleague Wesley Smith will also find this of interest as a scientific test of human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, biotechnology, blood cells, cloning, CRISPR, DNA, embryos, George W. Bush, pandemic, sperm}

Mass Human Cloning May Soon Be Upon Us

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

3}

Human cloning has been accomplished, but the field remains generally stalled because of a shortage of human eggs. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, BBC News, Brave New World, cloning, CRISPR, embryo, embryonic stem cells, Francis Crick Institute, genetic engineering, human cloning, Netherlands}

Mouse Artificial Embryos: Human Experiments Next?

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 9, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Technology

2}

After going through the appearance of hand-wringing, I wouldn’t expect much of a problem if scientists said they really wanted to proceed. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 4, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __nedited, abortion, biotechnology, chromosomes, cloning, fetus, Frankenstein, genetic material, gestation, human cloning, human life, IVF, mitochondria, mitochondrial DNA, UK Parliament, United Kingdom, zygote}

First State-Sanctioned Three-Parent Babies to be Born

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 4, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

3}

The children could have serious health consequences — either early or later in life — having been generated, after all, from two broken eggs. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, creator, evil, Frankenstein, horror, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, knowledge, love, Mary Shelley, Oxford University, science, scientists}

Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Have We Heeded the Warning?

_{Richard Weikart
January 30, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

4}

Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, blastocyst, cells, Chinese scientists, cloning, Dolly the sheep, embryo, human cloning, implantation, monkey, primates, Research, scientists, somatic cell nuclear transfer, United States, Wall Street Journal}

With Monkey Success, Cloned Human Baby Is Closer

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 25, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

2}

The successful births came from DNA taken from fetal, not adult, cells. That is the usual course in this research. Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, CRISPR, DNA, Dolly the sheep, embryo, genetic engineering, McGill University, Rockefeller University}

Grappling with Embryo Research Before It’s Too Late

_{Science and Culture
September 25, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Scientists are making human “embryos” — cell formations that are not viable organisms — from stem cells, but which may be a step before making human organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 27, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __tedited, cloning, Dolly the sheep, human cloning, legislation, reproductive cloning, somatic cell nuclear transfer}

Dolly Clones Pave the Way for Human Cloning

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 27, 2016

Bioethics

3}

Some human cloning apologists say that "therapeutic cloning" is different from "reproductive cloning." That's false. Read More ›