This media forum is part of an ongoing series of NCABR and Research!America programs that encourage exchange between researchers and journalists about emerging issues in science. This particular conference is intended to promote understanding and reduce public confusion about some of the scientific and ethical issues surrounding therapeutic and reproductive cloning.
Speakers will address the following questions:
- What are the major scientific issues?
- What is the difference between therapeutic and reproductive cloning?
- What is the state of the science in animal cloning and how does it apply to therapeutic cloning?
- What are the primary social and ethical issues with respect to this technology?
