I recently did a mini case on cloning and so I was very excited to read this case. The references for the instructor were wonderful and very well organized. I have some additional references to suggest.
Recently, Cibelli of Advanced Cell Technology published a paper on making clones through parthogenesis. This is a major issue for those opposed to "full human clones." Since a clone made by this method would never live past the blastocyst stage and therefore would die of its own accord, there would never be a fully human adult clone by this method. For a brief overview, see this column published online by Scientific American (February 01, 2002):
More detailed information can be found in the following paper:
There are currently two bills out there that deal with stem cells and cloning and they are interesting, especially given the social slant of this case. Providing links to these bills would allow students to see that the Senate is divided in this regard. There is a nice front page story in the February 2002 edition of Science and Technology in Congress (a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science), entitled "Senate Braces for Cloning Debate." This story is freely available at:
The following link leads to a brief summary of testimony given on March 5, 2002, by U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana) arguing that "Total Human Cloning Ban is Only Way to Go."
In addition, testimonies for four bills coming out of the Senate are linked to the following site hosted by the NCHLA (National Committee for a Human Life Amendment):
Comments submitted 05/07/2002 by:
Katayoun Chamany, Director
Science, Technology and Society Program
Eugene Lang College
New School University
New York, NY
chamanyk@newschool.edu
