WASHINGTON (AP) _ Cloning human beings for the purpose of reproduction is medically unsafe and should be banned, a panel of the National Academy of Sciences concluded Friday. The scientific report ...

Last week, the Brownback-Weldon bill to prohibit human cloning was introduced on Capitol Hill. And the arguments against it are . . . well, as it turns out, there really aren't many arguments against ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Central Baptist Hospital fired Panayiotis Zavos seven years ago, officials issued a terse explanation: The male reproduction specialist had engaged in “unethical and illegal ...

Netflix has unveiled “King of Clones,” a sensational documentary film featuring unprecedented access to South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk, and set a June streaming date. From human cloning research ...

legislatures are taking up the divisive, complex issue of whether to ban or explicitly permit the use of cloned human cells in medical research. Almost half the states are considering bills on cloning ...

Human reproductive cloning is currently the subject of much debate around the world, involving a variety of ethical, religious, societal, scientific, and medical issues. This report from the National ...

Scientists say they have discovered a biochemical obstacle that would make the cloning of human embryos very difficult, if not impossible, using current cloning technology. The study, conducted by ...

The cloning era began when Dolly the sheep was manufactured in 1996. Dolly was cloned via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). This is accomplished by removing the nucleus from a skin or other cell ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man in a gray suit, purple tie and glasses Rep. Phillip Rigsby, R-Huntsville, speaks to colleagues on the floor of the Alabama ...

On Nov. 19, the United Nations decided to shelve efforts to obtain a global ban on all forms of human cloning. During the debate that preceded that decision, the Holy See outlined the moral and ...

Back when it was no more than a cheesy science-fiction plot device, human cloning seemed like something that would eventually be revealed to a horrified world full-blown and fully grown–a monstrous ...

Copenhagen, Denmark: Scientists in Belgium have discovered how to clone human embryos from eggs that have been matured in the laboratory. Their discovery should make it easier for scientists to create ...