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HUMAN CLONING - The Ethical Issues
SOCIETY, RELIGION AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECT Church of Scotland
SOCIETY, RELIGION AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECT Church of Scotland
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Since 1993, the Church of Scotland's Society, Religion and Technology Project (SRT) has looked in depth at the ethics of genetic engineering and cloning in animals and plants with an expert working group. Leading scientists, including Professor Ian Wilmut, leader of the Roslin team that produced Dolly, discussed issues with specialists in ethics, theology, sociology and risk, which culminated in a major book "Engineering Genesis", published by Earthscan in 1998. So when Dolly hit the headlines, in February 1997 the church was already in a position to offer a balanced and informed view on this local Edinburgh issue with global implications. In May 1997 the Church of Scotland General Assembly was one of the first organisations in the world to give a formal view on human and animal cloning, which has been much quoted, for example in a UNESCO declaration. SRT has been deeply engaged in UK, European and international ethical discussions first about cloning, and then also on stem cell issues after the isolation of human embryonic stem cells - which added to the complexity.
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