In the Brave New World of cloning, most Jewish ethicists and organizations are staking out the middle ground. A general consensus appears to be emerging in the Jewish community that therapeutic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo collage of rhesus monkeys on top of microscope photography of cells. Researchers in China have successfully cloned the first ...

Most of the scientists who gathered in Washington earlier this month to talk about human cloning agreed that cloning an entire human being–besides being morally questionable–was fraught with technical ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The work of the world’s foremost human cloning researcher, Hwang Woo-suk, has been thrown under an ethical cloud, jeopardizing the bold international cloning project that he and ...

According to a study published in the latest issue of Human Molecular Genetics, scientists at Duke University say cloning humans would be easier than most animals. The study shows a genetic benefit ...

Two groups at Harvard University have announced that they have received approval to start human-cloning research designed to create lines of embryonic stem cells to study and treat diseases. “We are ...

A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved a bill last week that would ban all cloning of human embryos, whether for reproductive ends or for research. Many research organizations opposed the ...

Cloning is one of those ethical problems that seemed terribly urgent twenty years ago, but which, for some reason, dropped off of our collective radar. Ever wonder why? Well now the New Atlantis has ...

Researchers in China have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species widely used in medical research because of its physiological similarity to humans. The monkey, named Retro, is now more ...