The cloned sheep, Dolly, made headlines around the world and launched a fierce debate over the potential uses for this new technology. In February 1997, the Roslin Institute in Scotland, an Obscure farm animal research facility, announced that it had succeeded in toning a sheep from an adult, differentiated cell. Kolata does a particularly good job of describing the science that led up to Dolly, while Silver explores the futuristic medical and reproductive techniques that cloning makes possible. Lee Silver is a professor in the departments of molecular biology, ecology, and evolutionary biology and the program in neuroscience at Princeton University. Gina Kolata, who works for The New York Times, is one of the best science reporters in America. Now readers interested in this topic have two good, complementary introductions to the science, morality, politics, and future of animal and human cloning. But carelessly crafted legislation would restrict not only research leading to the birth of cloned people but research that could find cures for cancer, genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, and damaged hearts, livers, and brains. Congress is responding to polls that show most Americans are opposed to the cloning of human beings. Yet Congress seems hellbent on stopping the medical advances that cloning can make possible. Retrieved from īy Lee Silver, New York: Avon Books, 317 pages, $25.00Ĭloning human cells could one day save your life and the lives of the people you love. APA style: Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World.Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World." Retrieved from MLA style: "Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World." The Free Library.
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