Letter on "Therapeutic Cloning" Published
in New England Journal of Medicine, Calls for Ban on Practice
Chicago, Illinois -
November 13, 2002 - In tomorrow's New England Journal of
Medicine will be published a letter to the editor calling previous
Journal articles addressing the ethics of "therapeutic" cloning and
embryonic stem cell research "inadequate." The letter is signed by a
number of experts including C. Everett Koop, M.D., former Surgeon
General, John F. Kilner, Ph.D., President of The Center for
Bioethics and Human Dignity, and Edmund Pellegrino, M.D., Emeritus
Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics.
For interviews with Center personnel, contact Daniel McConchie at
847-317-8180 or by email at dmcconchie@cbhd.org.
About The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity is a 501(c) 3 non-profit
think tank located in Chicago, Illinois. Its mission is to develop
reasoned perspectives on all of today's bioethical issues and to
disseminate them to health care professionals, academia, cultural and
church leaders, public policy makers, and the media in order to protect
human dignity. CBHD
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