Open AccessEthics and cloning
Author(s) -
Matti Häyry
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
british medical bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1471-8391
pISSN - 0007-1420
DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldy031
Subject(s) - human cloning , cloning (programming) , presupposition , appeal , environmental ethics , norm (philosophy) , epistemology , sociology , political science , law , philosophy , computer science , programming language
Scientists have cloned animals since the late 19th century, but the crucial step for ethics was the cloning of the first mammal by somatic cell nuclear transfer in 1997. This suggested that scientists could also clone, and possibly enhance, human beings.
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