Princeton University
Professor Lee M. Silver
WWS / MOL 586a : Biotechnology Policy
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Week 9: The Debate over stem cell and cloning research
Scientific overviews
From your professor (meant to provoke as usual)
Early overview of therapeutic cloning
Overview of regulatory regimes around the world
Cloning laws, policies and attitudes worldwide
Map of cloning laws
U.S.
U.S. National Academy of Sciences recommendations
Bush Commission majority opinion
Bush Commission individual opinions from both extremes
Arthur Caplan retort
The states take over
Why words matter, or don't
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2005
Human Cloning Ban Act of 2005
A bioethical retort
What is an embryo?
What is a clone?
Europe
European Commission (2003)
Germany
EU stem cell crisis
Asia
China
Singapore
Pan-Asia
"Political" science (are they embryos or not, is it cloning or not)
Patent #1
Patent #2