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Volume 351:2787-2791 December 30, 2004 Number 27 Next

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In addition to the moral argument against the use of somatic-cell nuclear transfer for the creation of a child ("reproductive cloning"), there are overwhelming scientific reasons to oppose this practice. In contrast, many believe that the practice of somatic-cell nuclear transfer with the goal of generating an embryonic stem-cell line (sometimes referred to as "therapeutic cloning") is justified, because it holds the promise of yielding new ways of studying and treating a number of diseases. Once isolated from a patient, an embryonic stem cell thus derived would be "customized" to the needs of the patient who had served as the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Jaenisch is a member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

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