Explore the ethical, social, and philosophical dilemmas of human cloning. Understand the implications of reproductive and therapeutic cloning, identity, consent, and the moral questions of copying ...

Biotech company eGenesis recently announced its implanted a pig kidney into a second human patient. This animal-to-human organ transplant, or xenotransplant, was made possible through advancements in ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with bioethicist and professor at Lehigh University, Michael Gusmano, about the ethics of using cloned, genetically modified pigs for human organ transplants. Like a page ...

While animal cloning has been a reality since Dolly the sheep in 1996, cloning humans remain biologically difficult and ethically disputable. But the topic has once again been in headlines as a ...

Researchers have made rapid progress in recent years toward understanding the molecular underpinnings of non-human organ rejection, offering hope that organ shortages can be overcome through ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...