Cloning issues in reproduction, science and medicine : a consultation document / Human Genetics Advisory Commission and Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority.

  • Great Britain. Human Genetics Advisory Commission.
Date:
1998
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Credit: Cloning issues in reproduction, science and medicine : a consultation document / Human Genetics Advisory Commission and Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4.2 The nuclear replacement technique to clone animals is relatively new. The first evidence that it was possible to clone vertebrate animals using nuclear replacement was in 1952”, using frogs. The more recent developments of nuclear replacement technology have brought with them the potential to contribute towards the genetic improvement of livestock. Annex C discusses in more detail the experiments which led to Dolly and subsequent developments. 4.3. The uses of animal reproductive cloning, including the multiplication of those with desirable characteristics and the creation of animals with new characteristics by genetic targeting, are not considered in this paper. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food’s (MAFF) policy on the cloning of farm animals has been guided by the Report of the Committee to Consider the Ethical Implications of Emerging Technologies in the Breeding of Farm Animals (the Banner Committee) which reported in 1995. MAFF has since asked the Farm Animal Welfare Council to consider the implications of cloning for the welfare of farmed livestock. A consultation exercise was recently held. “i Briggs and King: “Transplantation of living nuclei from blastula cells into enucleated frog’s eggs”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)38: 455-463, 1952.