Reproductive cloning combined with genetic modification

Reproductive cloning combined with genetic modification.

Although there is widespread opposition to reproductive cloning, some have argued that its use by infertile couples to have genetically related children would be ethically justifiable. Others have suggested that lesbian or gay couples might wish to use cloning to have genetically related children. Most of the main objections to human reproductive cloning are based on the child's lack of unique ...

What ' s Wrong With Reproductive Cloning ?

S FOR INVITED SPEAKERS Decidualization In The Primate: Cellular And Molecular Changes Asgerally T. Fazleabas University of Illinois at Chicago Implantation in the baboon is similar to that described for the rhesus macaque. Specialized villi; known as anchoring villi, facilitate the attachment of the placenta to the uterine wall and provide the source of the migratory cell population that invade...

Reproductive cloning: can cloning harm the clone?

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The ethics of reproductive cloning.

Genetic modification and genetic determinism

In this article we examine four objections to the genetic modification of human beings: the freedom argument, the giftedness argument, the authenticity argument, and the uniqueness argument. We then demonstrate that each of these arguments against genetic modification assumes a strong version of genetic determinism. Since these strong deterministic assumptions are false, the arguments against g...