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Title

  • Main Title Cloning: A Select Chronology, 1997-2003

Creator

  • Author: Wright, Mary V.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Information Research Division

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2003-08-19

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report includes a selected chronology of the events surrounding and following the cloning of a sheep from a single adult sheep cell by Scottish scientists, which was announced in February 1997. The project was cosponsored by PPL Therapeutics, Edinburgh, Scotland, which has applied for patents for the techniques used. This chronology also addresses subsequent reports of other cloning experiments, including the first one using human cells. Information on presidential actions and legislative activities related to the ethical and moral issues surrounding cloning is provided, as well as relevant Web sites.
  • Physical Description: 15 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Medicine
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Human embryology
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Cloning

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RL31211
  • Accession or Local Control No: RL31211 2003-08-19
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metacrs5158
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