Cloned Cat Sale Generates Ethics Debate
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The first cloned-to-order pet sold in the United States is named Little Nicky, a 9-week-old kitten delivered to a Texas woman saddened by the loss of a cat she had owned for 17 years.
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Now, a Los Angeles company is exploiting the latest in biotechnology to create cats genetically engineered to be nearly free from the allergy-causing proteins that plague millions of people.
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With the government set to allow food from cloned animals onto the market Â and consumers not yet convinced it's safe Â meat and dairy producers are promoting an industry-led system to track cloned livestock.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  -- Harvard University scientists have asked the university's ethical review board for permission to produce cloned human embryos for disease research, potentially becoming the first researchers in the nation to wade into a divisive area of study that has become a presidential campaign issue...
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An animal rights group said on Thursday  that some retailers were selling coats made with real animal  fur that were advertised as having fake fur.
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The announcement that British scientists have created an embryo containing the DNA of three people has bioethicists scratching their heads.
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A California company says it has cloned two human embryos. Will someone please tell us what the big deal is?
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Comment is free: James Randerson:  Scientists will have to work hard to persuade a cynical public to tuck in to the idea of cloned meat.
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Britain's leading scientific institution  said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a  possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty  banning human cloning. The London-based Royal Society is  stepping up its drive to push the United Nations to ban the  cloning of babies, but to make no ruling on using the  technology for medical research, or therapeutic cloning, at its  59th General Session in October. The 191-nation U.N. General  Assembly is divided over whether to allow therapeutic cloning  to continue or to adopt a broad cloning ban championed by the  Bush administration and Costa Rica with strong backing from the  U.S. anti-abortion movement and many predominantly Roman  Catholic nations.
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Your hunch is correct. Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around. The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision.
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Scientists use cloning to create personalized stem cell lines in monkeys.
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&quot;This company is basing the ânewâ cat on British shorthairs, a breed known not to be a high risk for allergy sufferers. It smacks of a harebrained scheme to cash in.
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Therapeutic cloning is both vilified and hailed as the only hope for stem-cell cures. But it may be prohibitively expensive and unnecessary, at least for developing stem-cell therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Charges of vote trading and unethical fundraising against DeLay may curb his ability to raise money. By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Meat and milk from cloned animals seem to pose no special health risks, said a report released by the European Food Safety Agency. It was a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union.
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The FDA has approved the sale of cloned meat and milk products in the US, but those items won't be specially labeled. Would you want to know how your ribeye was reproduced?
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Opponents of human therapeutic cloning begin a legal challenge to the granting of the first UK licence.