Cloning refers to the process of creating a genetically identical copy of an organism, cell, or DNA sequence. This technique has significant implications in various fields, including biology and medicine.

Its first task was to organise the symposium on the protection of the human embryo and foetus, held in Strasbourg in December 1996. The working party was then instructed to draft the Protocol on the …

Cloning is a process that produces genetically identical individuals without genetic modification.

GH has been widely used in terrestrial species and as the gene sequence is highly conserved; the product is readily utilized across species boundaries. It may also be noted that, at least in some …

Mar 8, 2005 · The United Nations General Assembly today approved a non-binding declaration calling on all UN Member States to ban all forms of human cloning, including cloning for medical treatment, …

The report hopes to contribute to dissemination, discussion and debate on cloning issues at the international level, so that all countries including the developing and least developed countries can …

Mar 8, 2005 · The General Assembly this morning adopted the United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning, by which Member States were called on to adopt all measures necessary to prohibit all …

Commission request for an opinion on cloning Core expertise required: Genetics (including genetic characterisation, population genetics); Animal biotechnology (including transgenic processes); …

“Cloning” is a technology which has been widely employed in the field of biology to produce genetically identical cells, tissues or whole organisms of plants or animals.

Therefore, one has to distinguish between three situations: cloning of cells as a technique, use of embryonic cells in cloning techniques, and cloning of human beings, for example by utilising the …

Nov 8, 2019 · Heritable human genome editing refers to editing of nuclear DNA in a way that may be heritable across generations. Heritable human genome editing is the subject of intense debate over …

Mar 23, 2005 · United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly UN. General Assembly (59th sess. : 2004-2005)

For the purposes of this paper, we restrict our considerations to transgenic organisms although we note in passing the interesting potential in aquaculture for nuclear cloning (Zhu and Yong, 2000).

International reflection began in UNESCO more than ten years ago and led to the consensual position of Member States on human reproductive cloning as reflected in Article 11 of the UNESCO Universal …

Cloning is a relatively new technique used to produce genetically identical copies of rare, valuable or high yielding animals.

The cloning of a human being, whether for reproductive or research purposes, as well as other techniques of manipulation of human embryo, raise fundamental questions about dignity of life, the …

Aug 10, 2001 · Statements both directly from European Research Commissioner, Philippe Busquin and from the European Commission have set out the reasons for the European Commission's opposition …

Jan 28, 2016 · The Sixth Committee of the General Assembly discussed the agenda item entitled “international convention against the reproductive cloning of human beings” on 21 and 22 October …

Feb 21, 2005 · An international declaration calling for a ban on human cloning has been approved in a contentious vote by the main United Nations Legal Committee.

On 9 July, after three years of deliberation, the French parliament adopted a bioethics bill authorising research using human embryos but banning human cloning as a 'crime against the human species'.