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Human embryo cloned: Canadian laws examined
Cloning has leapt from science fiction to science fact. Once merely the realm of imagination (a duplicate Elvis, a rink full of Gretzkys, or an army of Hitlers), the science of cloning, for medical advance or for reproduction, has raced ahead of public policy and ethical debate. From cloned cows to UFO cults, for better or for worse, Canada finds itself in the centre of the clone age.
Program: As It Happens
Broadcast Date: Nov. 26, 2001
Guest(s): Patricia King
Host: Mary Lou Finlay
Duration: 11:31
Last updated: May 2, 2013
Page consulted on May 2, 2013
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Mighty oaks from little test tubes grow.
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From geranium cuttings to cloning Einstein, geneticist David Suzuki ex...
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A seven-month-old Dorset lamb is the world's first cloned mammal.
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Newfoundland's Ray Guy offers a humorous commentary on the news of the...
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CBC reporter Mark Kelley investigates the claim by Rael that human clo...
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Ian Wilmut addresses international biotechnology conference.
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Clint, Arnold and Danny are identical kids.
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A religious leader known as Rael tells U.S. Congress he will help crea...
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Many cloned animals quickly die, or are so ill or deformed that resear...
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Rudolph Jaenisch argues with academics and intellectuals at National A...
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One caller takes on the shady lady of cloning.
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An American biotech company moves human cloning into the spotlight.
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A Holstein superstar is reborn as a clone.
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