The research, funded through NSF's Methodology, Measurement and Statistics Program, contributes to science's nature vs. nurture debate. Findings seemingly side with those who believe that humans are pretty much the same no matter where they are born and raised. Cloning is not a revolutionary technology, it presents no radically new ethical issues and it does not deserve the hysteria heaped on it by the media. Buchanan has been studying ethical issues arising from the commercial development of new genetic technologies. Buchanan, a professor of philosophy, business ethics and medical ethics at the University of Wisconsin's School of Medicine, argues that there are other technologies which pose more immediate threats to society.
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