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J Med Ethics 2003;29:207-208 doi:10.1136/jme.29.4.207
  • Controversy

Therapeutic cloning research and ethical oversight

  1. M Spriggs
  1. Ethics Unit, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melborne, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia; spriggsm{at}murdoch.rch.unimelb.edu.auAlso: Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University

      Abstract

      Cloning Trevor, a story about therapeutic cloning research, appeared in the June issue of The Atlantic Monthly. The story gives a human face to the people whom therapeutic cloning could benefit. It presents an argument for government funding and it puts the usual calls for a moratorium on embryonic stem cell research to allow for more debate, in a less favourable light. The story also highlights some problems with ethical oversight.

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