title: The ethics of cloning and human embryo research.
abstract: The successful cloning experiments that led to Dolly in 1997 have raised many ethical and policy questions. This paper will focus on cloning research in human embryonic cells. The possible gains of the research will be judged against the moral issues of doing research on a person. This paper concludes that while the embryo has some moral status, its moral status is outweighed by the multitude of benefits that embryonic stem cell research will bring to humanity. Policy suggestions are given for dealing with this new and developing field of stem cell research.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University, USA.
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D033041:Embryo Research / Q000941:ethics*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000166:cytology; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D028723:Personhood; D013234:Stem Cells; D026712:Value of Life