Human cloning
View article: The Algorithmic Anthropocene: Redefining Human Agency in the Age of AI and Biotech
The Algorithmic Anthropocene: Redefining Human Agency in the Age of AI and Biotech Open
The emergence of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and sophisticated biotechnologies has ushered in a new epoch, provocatively termed the Algorithmic Anthropocene. This era is characterized by human activities, heavily mediated and amp…
View article: The Algorithmic Anthropocene: Redefining Human Agency in the Age of AI and Biotech
The Algorithmic Anthropocene: Redefining Human Agency in the Age of AI and Biotech Open
The emergence of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and sophisticated biotechnologies has ushered in a new epoch, provocatively termed the Algorithmic Anthropocene. This era is characterized by human activities, heavily mediated and amp…
View article: Disadvantages Of Biotechnology
Disadvantages Of Biotechnology Open
This article explores the ethical and scientific concerns surrounding modern biotechnology. It highlights controversial aspects such as the cloning of Dolly the sheep, genetic mutations caused by gene editing, and the potential misuse of b…
View article: Disadvantages Of Biotechnology
Disadvantages Of Biotechnology Open
This article explores the ethical and scientific concerns surrounding modern biotechnology. It highlights controversial aspects such as the cloning of Dolly the sheep, genetic mutations caused by gene editing, and the potential misuse of b…
View article: Shifting Values and Shifting Risks: Debates on the New Biology in Germany and the United States Before and After Asilomar (1960–1980)
Shifting Values and Shifting Risks: Debates on the New Biology in Germany and the United States Before and After Asilomar (1960–1980) Open
This article argues that while the 1975 Asilomar Conference on Recombinant Molecules gave rise to new developments in science policy, the subsequent debates about genetic engineering should not be viewed in isolation, but rather in the lar…
View article: Cloned voices are easier to understand in noise than their human originals: the voice cloning intelligibility benefit
Cloned voices are easier to understand in noise than their human originals: the voice cloning intelligibility benefit Open
Voice cloning technology has developed at an extremely rapid pace and recent work suggests the quality of synthesis now produces humanlike voices. Recent research on cloned voices focused on listeners’ capabilities to discriminate between …
View article: Exploring CRISPR Cloning and Beyond Through a Biochemical Lens in Genetic Biotechnology
Exploring CRISPR Cloning and Beyond Through a Biochemical Lens in Genetic Biotechnology Open
By offering a precise, effective, and adaptable method for genome editing, CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) technology has completely transformed genetic biotechnology. Through a biochemical lens that high…
View article: Transhumanism, Human Enhancement and Ethical Debate
Transhumanism, Human Enhancement and Ethical Debate Open
Human civilization, in different stages, has witnessed numerous religious and philosophical movements that have proposed human enhancement. When human society was dominated by human labor, they proposed humanistic ways to overcome human pr…
View article: The Dilemma of Human Cloning in Islamic Theology: A Critique of the Uniqueness of Human Creation and Implications for Maqashid al-Shariah
The Dilemma of Human Cloning in Islamic Theology: A Critique of the Uniqueness of Human Creation and Implications for Maqashid al-Shariah Open
This study aims to analyse the ethical and theological dilemmas of human cloning within the context of Islamic theology, with a particular focus on the challenges it poses to the principles of Maqashid al-Shariah. With increasing advanceme…
View article: CRISPR-based shuttle cloning of 1397 human genes into UAS vectors
CRISPR-based shuttle cloning of 1397 human genes into UAS vectors Open
View article: Clones and Commodification: An Ethical Issue in Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go
Clones and Commodification: An Ethical Issue in Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go Open
The paper explores an ethical concern of clones’ commodification in the novel Never Let Me Go, set during the late 1990s in England. It revolves dominantly around three clone characters; Kathy H, Tommy D and Ruth. Their initial position as…
View article: Asilomar, Gene Cloning’s Origins, and Its Commercial Fate
Asilomar, Gene Cloning’s Origins, and Its Commercial Fate Open
This paper delves into the historical development of recombinant DNA technology, examining the pivotal controversies surrounding public health and commercialization that emerged with the prospect of gene cloning in the 1970s. The analysis …
View article: <span> <div> Should a Ban on Reproductive Cloning Include a Ban on Cloning for Purposes of Research or Therapy </div></span>
<span> Should a Ban on Reproductive Cloning Include a Ban on Cloning for Purposes of Research or Therapy </span> Open
View article: Animal Cloning and Mind Uploading. Ethics of Creating a Replica of Your Pet
Animal Cloning and Mind Uploading. Ethics of Creating a Replica of Your Pet Open
This article explores the morality of creating genetic or digital copies of pets. Through a cloning operation, a genetic copy of any individual can be created. The creation of a digital copy (of an individual), on the other hand, is possib…
View article: An Optimized Method for Single Cell Cloning of Human CAR-T Cells based on FBS-coated Plates
An Optimized Method for Single Cell Cloning of Human CAR-T Cells based on FBS-coated Plates Open
T cell-based immunotherapy, especially chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells, has emerged as an appropriate approach for treating hematologic malignancies and is currently under investigation in clinical trials for solid tumors. Despite …
View article: Human Cloning: A Prudential Personalist Ethical Appraisal
Human Cloning: A Prudential Personalist Ethical Appraisal Open
For many years medical ethicists and religious organizations have asked questions
bordering ethical consideration on cloning. This is because ethical uncertainty
hangs over a related area of cloning humans. Ethical issues arise not o…
View article: Unravelling the Ethical Enigma of Human Cloning in Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion
Unravelling the Ethical Enigma of Human Cloning in Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion Open
Nancy Farmer’s novel The House of the Scorpion deals with complex ethical dilemmas stemming from scientific advancements, particularly in cloning. The story unfolds in a dystopian society, focusing on the treatment of clones—subhuman being…
View article: A Re-Examination of Human Cloning through Islamic Ethical Lens
A Re-Examination of Human Cloning through Islamic Ethical Lens Open
Human cloning is one of the controversial topics in the present generation. Accommodating natural development, social changes and needs, Islam has left no aspect of human endeavours unregulated, including human cloning. However, emerging i…
View article: Human cloning as reproductive means in future: a qualitative thematic study of underpinning values
Human cloning as reproductive means in future: a qualitative thematic study of underpinning values Open
Background and objective The possibility of using human cloning to reproduce has been met with unease, shock, and prohibition in many countries, as well as the International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology and the…
View article: A Cloning Issue of Human, Animal, and Plant in Science Teachers’ Argumentation: A study in Islamic Organization-Based Schools
A Cloning Issue of Human, Animal, and Plant in Science Teachers’ Argumentation: A study in Islamic Organization-Based Schools Open
View article: Bioethical Reexamination of Human Therapeutic Cloning
Bioethical Reexamination of Human Therapeutic Cloning Open
View article: Does Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Violate Laws Against Human Cloning?&nbsp;
Does Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Violate Laws Against Human Cloning? Open
View article: INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN CLONING
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN CLONING Open
View article: A CRITICAL APPROACH TO TRANSHUMANIST IDEALS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF GREG EGAN’S “THE EXTRA”
A CRITICAL APPROACH TO TRANSHUMANIST IDEALS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF GREG EGAN’S “THE EXTRA” Open
Australian science-fiction author Greg Egan’s short story, “The Extra” (1990) envisions a transhumanist future in which the use of human clones as organ donors and the transplantation of human brains’ into clones’ bodies with the aim of ex…
View article: Voice-Cloning Artificial-Intelligence Speakers Can Also Mimic Human-Specific Vocal Expression
Voice-Cloning Artificial-Intelligence Speakers Can Also Mimic Human-Specific Vocal Expression Open
This study investigated the capability of vocal-identity-cloning Artificial Intelligence (AI) to encode human-specific confident, doubtful, and neutral-intending emotive states. Linear mixed-effects models and machine learning classificati…
View article: Human cloning in the light of the Islamic Jurisprudence
Human cloning in the light of the Islamic Jurisprudence Open
This research provides a jurisprudential study of human cloning, exploring its concept, types, underlying motivations, and the Islamic perspective on it based on the underlying reasons. The study reveals several key findings: Firstly, huma…
View article: Bioethics as a guarantor of the anthropocentricity of modern scientific and technological development
Bioethics as a guarantor of the anthropocentricity of modern scientific and technological development Open
The relevance of the article is due to the acuteness of the public and scientific debate on the ethics of human cloning experiments: both from the point of view of violating the boundaries of human individuality, and from the standpoint of…
View article: Thought Cloning: Learning to Think while Acting by Imitating Human Thinking
Thought Cloning: Learning to Think while Acting by Imitating Human Thinking Open
Language is often considered a key aspect of human thinking, providing us with exceptional abilities to generalize, explore, plan, replan, and adapt to new situations. However, Reinforcement Learning (RL) agents are far from human-level pe…
View article: Will the Human Clone be Recognized as an Actor of a Crime and as Its Victim?
Will the Human Clone be Recognized as an Actor of a Crime and as Its Victim? Open
Cloning of various biological units has long been a reality of our time. But, starting with «Dolly the Sheep» — the first officially presented cloned organism, society thought about the achievability of the «final» result of genetic engine…
View article: Resisting Their Programming
Resisting Their Programming Open
Interrogating the biopolitical logics governing life in the Star Wars universe, I use The Clone Wars (2008-2014; 2020) to consider how the franchise challenges the devaluation of some lives while simultaneously marking others as disposable…