The Cloning Sourcebook » (1st Edition)

University College, London

This book gives a fully informed insider's perspective on the people and the science of large-animal cloning, the medical benefits in prospect from the development of pharmaceuticals in transgenic animals and of organs for xenotransplants, the financial stakes and business stories behind the science, and the prospects for human cloning with a full examination of the regulatory aspects and social and ethical concerns and costs of this dramatic new technology.

Library Journal

the obvious bigger issues: Are scientists playing God? Can a human being be cloned? If so, what are the ethical and legal consequences? This sourcebook supplies some needed information and sober perspective on this broad subject. Klotzko (Ctr. for Bioethics, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Inst. of Medical Ethics, Univ. of Edinburgh) has arranged the 27 essays in four sections: "The Science of Cloning," "The Context of Cloning," "The Ethical Issues," and "The Policy Issues." Contributors are academics, researchers, and administrators from the United States and England. One of this book's virtues is that it aims not to indoctrinate but to inform; consequently, diverse points of view are presented. Because it provides a representative snapshot of science and opinion on cloning, this book is essential for academic libraries. The editor welcomes general readers, but some essays may be too dense to attract a wide audience. Gregg Sapp, Science Lib., SUNY at Albany Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.