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Human Research Cloning, Embryos, and Embryo‐Like Artifacts
Author(s) -
Hyun Insoo,
Jung Kyu Won
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.2006.0080
Subject(s) - cloning (programming) , somatic cell nuclear transfer , embryonic stem cell , blastocyst , stem cell , embryo , biology , human cloning , induced pluripotent stem cell , somatic cell , genetics , embryogenesis , computer science , gene , programming language
Research suggests that cloning is incapable of producing a viable embryo when it is used on primate eggs. In fact, the entity created may not qualify as an embryo at all. If the results stand, cloning avoids the moral objections typically lodged against it, and cloning is itself an “alternative source” of stem cells.