PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Morgan, Derek
AU  - Ford, Mary
TI  - Cell phoney: human cloning after <em>Quintavalle</em>
AID  - 10.1136/jme.2003.004085
DP  - 2004 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 524--526
VI  - 30
IP  - 6
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/30/6/524.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/30/6/524.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2004 Dec 01; 30
AB  - Reproductive cloning has thrown up new scientific possibilities, ethical conundrums, and legal challenges. An initial question, considered by the English courts in 2003, was whether the technique presently available, that of cell nucleus replacement, falls outside the provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. If it does, the creation and use, including use in research protocols, of human embryos would be unregulated, disclosing a need to consider remedial legislation. The resolution by the courts of this legal question dramatically engages them in a resolution of fundamental ethical dilemmas, and discloses the possibilities and limitation of negotiating science policy through the processes of litigation.