10 Years After Dolly: Clones, Crooks and Crazies
How scientific progress was thwarted by fears and frauds.
by Arthur L. Caplan

'Godsend' no blessing for cloning research
Hollywood clunker spreads fear and misinformation
by Arthur L. Caplan

Cloning research leaves questions unanswered
Latest report from Korea is not quite gold standard of proof
by Arthur L. Caplan

Media bungled clone claim coverage
News outlets failed dismally in reporting on Clonaid
by Arthur L. Caplan

Cloning embryos a ‘pro-life’ move
Stanford’s research on stem cells will prevent future abortions
by Arthur L. Caplan

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Cloned sniffer dogs begin duties
Jul 20 (BBC) South Korea's customs service says it has deployed the "world's first cloned sniffer dogs" to check for drugs at its main airport and border crossings.

Iran Claims it Has Cloned a Cow
Jul 13 (The Press Association)

Iranian scientists have become the first in the Middle East to clone a cow as part of the country's stem cell research, the leader of the project has said. The male cow, named Bonyana, was born Saturday in the city of Isfahan in central Iran, said Dr Mohammed Hossein Nasr e Isfahani, head of the Royan Research Institute. Besides its nuclear activity and nascent space program, Iran has sought to highlight advances in other technologies such as cloning and medicine. The government set a goal to become a regional leader in advanced sciences and technology by 2025.

Cloned Meat Soon to Hit European Supermarkets
Jul 01 (Spiegel Online) Cattle cloning has long been standard practice in the United States. Now EU agriculture ministers have decided that cloned meat and milk should be allowed onto the European market. Not everyone is pleased. The European Union's agricultural ministers decided on Monday of last week that in the future, the meat and milk of the offspring of cloned animals should be allowed on the European market. The European Parliament still needs to approve the proposal. However environmental and animal protection organizations responded immediately to the news and condemned the decision. They consider cloning to be unethical and cruel, and warn that the risks of cloned meat for human health have not been adequately researched.

Europe Set to Approve Sale of Produce from Cloned Animals
Jun 25 (ABC News)

The European Food Safety Authority is expected to approve the sale of dairy and meat from the progeny of cloned animals after European governments agreed to it. Michael Holland, from the University of Queensland, says while the practice is limited here, the Australian Government is still to come to a position on it. He says food from cloned offspring is already sold in Japan, and it's labelled as such. "I'm only aware of cattle products, I'm not aware of sheep products being on the market," he says. "But I also imagine that pig won't be far away. And I can see it going into other products potentially as well."

Seeing Double - Is Cloning Your Dog the Ethical Thing to Do?
Jun 19 (Examiner.com) Cloning your best friend. I am talking about your pet. I’ve heard about this on the news lately after the dog that was involved in the 9/11 rescues was cloned five times for the owner after passing away. There is a company in Korea that will clone your pet for somewhere in the neighborhood of $100,000-$200,000. As much as I love my animals, and I truly do, the cost alone eliminates me as a customer. I also have a couple of other major problems with this new technology.

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