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PRESS RELEASERelease Date: November 13, 2002Letter on "Therapeutic Cloning" Published in New England Journal of Medicine, Calls for Ban on Practice |
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PRESS RELEASERelease Date: November 13, 2002Letter on "Therapeutic Cloning" Published in New England Journal of Medicine, Calls for Ban on Practice |
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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 DignityThe 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 Copyright 2002 by The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity The contents of this article do not necessarily reflect the opinions of CBHD, its staff, board or supporters. Permission to reprint granted as long as The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity and the web address for this article is referenced. |
