Reproductive Medicine
Fertility specialists back warnings on human reproductive cloning
Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 4th, 2003
The Society spoke out in support of an article in the August 2003 edition of Human Fertility that highlights the scientific hazards of cloning.
Dr. Lorraine Young, Nottingham University, U.K., highlighted some of the practical problems and uncertainties which would surround the cloning of humans. She says that there are three main areas of concern: miscarriages, birth defects, and long-term health.
Cloning (or somatic cell nuclear transfer [SCNT]) has now been achieved in sheep, cow, mouse, cat, rabbit, goat,...
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