title: Human cloning: can it be made safe?
abstract: There are continued claims of attempts to clone humans using nuclear transfer, despite the serious problems that have been encountered in cloning other mammals. It is known that epigenetic and genetic mechanisms are involved in clone failure, but we still do not know exactly how. Human reproductive cloning is unethical, but the production of cells from cloned embryos could offer many potential benefits. So, can human cloning be made safe?
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Pathology, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK. susan.rhind@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rhind
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: De Sousa
authors.forename: Tim J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McGarry
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wilmut
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019976:Cloning, Organism / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006805:Human Experimentation; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans