A summary of the human cloning issue, and a collection of links to useful web resources, including information from the media, and groups on all sides of the debate.

Group of Americans promoting a global, comprehensive ban on human cloning.

Offers to clone humans.

Activist organization protecting the right to human cloning.

A look at cloning technology from all directions. [In English and Japanese]

Human tissue could be cloned to help children with leukaemia, a scientist predicts. [BBC News]

Brief overview of cloning in the science fiction literature and how it is portrayed. [Gene Letter]

Extensive bibliography on cloning law and policy; media coverage and analysis; and details of state, federal and international laws on cloning.

Coverage by the Washington Post.

A review of cloning news concerning science and public policy, three years after the cloning of Dolly. [CNN]

Human cloning facts, issues, and questions, from World Book.

Multimedia site from Time Magazine highlights the announcement of Dolly, with the look at the procedure, ethics, and future of cloning technology.

The first patents for cloning have been issued to the researchers who created Dolly the sheep. [BBC News]

Nuclear transfer--used to clone Dolly--may help scientists develop more potent stem-cell therapies. [Scientific American]

The issuing of the first patents for cloning have fueled the debate over the "ownership" of important medical technologies. [BBC News]

Scientists in Britain say they have produced the world's first cloned pigs. [CBC Canada]

Gives information and debate positions, both for and against.

Resources, articles and books on the science, research, applications, and public policy of cloning - from the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America.

An entertaining and informative look at the science behind Dolly, from the Why Files at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Describes cloning and how it is possible to save endangered species through cloning.

Describes the process that could be used to clone humans, why some want to clone themselves and the controversy surrounding cloning. Also discusses therapeutic cloning.

Covers data on human cloning plus news updates, and full text of The Genetic Revolution by Dr. Patrick Dixon.

Jessica Matthews looks at the realities of cloning after the dust has settled after the Dolly announcement. [Washington Post]

Oregon researchers say they have cloned a monkey by splitting an early-stage embryo and implanting the pieces into mother animals. [CNN]

Raises questions about social impact if full cloning existed.

The first pig clones are created, bringing the transplantation of animal organs into humans much closer. [BBC News]

Using a new technique, scientists have cloned clones from clones. [Scientific American]

Includes news, ethics, politics, investments, media, culture, and discussion forum.

Resources, links and scientific information on vertebrate, mammalian and human reproductive cloning.