The President’s Council on Bioethics will examine the issue of human cloning as its first immediate project, Leon R. Kass, the panel’s chairman, said Thursday at the panel’s inaugural meeting. Dr.

The President’s Council on Bioethics recommended a complete ban on human cloning for reproduction but, in a 10-7 split, only a four-year moratorium on cloning for research purposes. Conservatives are ...

A sharply divided presidential bioethics panel issued a report on Thursday in which a majority of the members favor a four-year moratorium on attempts to create cloned cells for medical research, ...

Does it open the door to ‘therapeutic cloning’? A new report from the President’s Council on Bioethics calls for a ban on reproductive cloning—or “attempts to conceive a child by any means other than ...

JOHN KERRY has a well-deserved reputation for waffling and attempting to get on every side of every issue. Now, he’s done it again by signing up as a co-sponsor (along with Senators Orin Hatch and ...

Leon Kass, chairman of the president's advisory council on bioethics, claims that "cloning represents a turning point in human history. ... It thus carries with it a number of troubling consequences ...

When it comes to cloning, Jews across the religious spectrum agree that it defies Jewish and scientific sensibilities — if not Jewish law. “If cloning was the way we were supposed to be fertile and ...

In an effort to help the public make sense of an escalating number of news stories about "designer babies," genetic engineering and cloning, the Women's Bioethics Project (WBP) today announced the ...

The President's Council on Bioethics was a group of individuals appointed by United States President George W. Bush to advise his administration on bioethics. Established on November 28, 2001, by ...

Before we consider this recent brouhaha, it will be useful to provide some historical context. In a recent study, Playing God? Human Genetic Engineering and the Rationalization of Public Bioethical ...

This video shows an interview centering on the possible benefits and misuses of creating viruses. 1. To begin, write the following sentence stem on the board: “In the future…” Ask each student to try ...