After Dolly – The Promise and Perils of Human Cloning: The Promise and Perils of Cloning - Softcover

Highfield, Roger; Wilmut, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393330265 ISBN 13: 9780393330267

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007

Synopsis

A timely investigation into the ethics, history, and potential of human cloning from Professor Ian Wilmut, who shocked scientists, ethicists, and the public in 1997 when his team unveiled Dolly-that very special sheep who was cloned from a mammary cell. With award-winning science journalist Roger Highfield, Wilmut explains how Dolly launched a medical revolution in which cloning is now used to make stem cells that promise effective treatments for many major illnesses. Dolly's birth also unleashed an avalanche of speculation about the eventuality of cloning babies, which Wilmut strongly opposes. However, he does believe that scientists should one day be allowed to combine the cloning of human embryos with genetic modification to free families from serious hereditary disease. In effect, he is proposing the creation of genetically altered humans.

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Review:

Chock-full of good science writing that provides an up-to-the-minute account of where we stand (THE TIMES)

Pacy and extremely clear. The scientific jargon is properly explained, and there is an excellent glossary (SCOTSMAN)

I so enjoyed this elegantly written inside story (NEW SCIENTIST)

[Wilmut] is acutely aware of the controversies of his work and this is his attempt at communicating his side of things to the public - a responsible step to take and an enjoyable read into the bargain (MORNING STAR)

Book Description:

The definitive book on cloning and the stem-cell controversy by Ian Wilmut, the leader of the team that produced Dolly the sheep

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0393330265
• ISBN 13: 9780393330267
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336