Scientific and medical aspects of human reproductive cloning / Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human cloning.

Human reproductive technology.

Cloning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This website presents the results of a joint panel of the National Academy's Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy and the Board on Life Sciences. This joint panel has undertaken to study and review the relevant scientific and medical research on human cloning and related issues regarding scientific and medical ethics.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Cloning: Definitions And Applications""; ""3 Animal Cloning""; ""4 Assisted Reproductive Technology""; ""5 Human Reproductive Cloning: Proposed Activities and Regulatory Context""; ""6 Findings and Recommendations""; ""A Panel and Staff Biographical Information""; ""B Animal Reproductive Cloning Data Tables on Reproductive Cloning Efficiency and Defects""; ""C Workshop Agenda and Speaker Biographical Information""; ""D Bibliography""; ""E Glossary""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-257).

ISBN:

9786610184170

9780309170000

0309170001

9781280184178

1280184175

9780309510882

0309510880

OCLC:

923255205