Cloning
Subtitle: a reference handbook
By: David E. Newton
Series: Contemporary world issues series; Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781610696937
Subjects: Extinct animals; Human cloning; Cloning; Pets; Plant cuttings; Clones (Plants)
Description: "The history of cloning experiments dates back more than a century, but advances in technology in recent decades have multiplied the potential applications of cloning--and expanded the controversies surrounding these possibilities. Cloning: A Reference Handbook provides an accessible description of the development of plant and animal cloning from the early stages of human civilization to the present day and coherently covers the science and technology involved. It reviews the essential controversies that have arisen about cloning--particularly applications involving human DNA--as researchers have advanced and extended the tools for cloning organisms. Additionally, the book discusses public opinion about cloning and the legislative and administration actions that have been taken with regard to the practice. This single-volume work provides a broad treatment of the subject, going back further in history than is the case with most texts, covering plant cloning and providing a thorough overview of the nature of animal cloning and related issues. Examples of the topics covered include the natural "cloning" processes of regeneration in plants and animals; crucial research breakthroughs on animal cloning by Robert Briggs and Thomas King, John Gurdon, Gail Martin, James Till and Earnest McCulloch, and others; and the laws that regulate which types of cloning are allowed and prohibited in the United States and in other countries."--Publisher website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background and history; title: Problems, controversies, and solutions; title: Perspectives. Should we clone dinosaurs? / Sandy Becker ; Should breed registries accept clones? / Ryan Bell ; Cloning can turn yeast into a painkiller factory / Maria Costanzo ; Cloning for liver transplantation / Gina Hagler ; Extinct species should not be resurrected / Phill Jones ; Animal cloning / Yoo Jung Kim ; Cloning for species salvation: why not? / Pasqualino Loi and Grazyna Ptak ; Animal welfare concerns about cloning / Crystal Miller-Spiegel ; Can cloning save the honeybee? / Jeremy Summers; title: Profiles; title: Data and documents; title: Resources for further research; title: Chronology; title: Glossary.