sheep cloning

             Successful clone of adult sheep born; clone named "Dolly" after the famous country singer
             February 23, 1997 Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announce the birth of "Dolly"
             March 1997 Following the announcement of "Dolly," President Clinton issues a moratorium that bans the use of federal funds for any project involving human cloning; asks the newly appointed National Bioethics Advisory Board to address the ethical and legal issues surrounding human cloning within three months
             August 1997 Clinton proposes legislation banning the cloning of humans for at least 5 years, giving the National Bioethics Board time to assess the risks, and study the ethical and social impact of cloning humans further
             September 1997 About 64,000 biologists and physicians sign a voluntary five-year moratorium on human cloning (United States)
             early January 1998 Ninteen European nations sign a ban on human cloning. Click here to view these countries
             Richard Seed, a physicist from Chicago, announces his plans to perform human cloning experiments before Congress enacts a ban on cloning
             January 20, 1998 The Food and Drug Administration announces its authority to regulate human cloning -- it would now be a violation of federal law to try somatic cell transfer (the method used to clone "Dolly" without its approval
             „h Nineteen European nations followed a similar path as the United States by signing a ban on human cloning on January 12, 1998. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Norway, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Macedonia and Turkey all signed the agreement. The German government did not sign because representatives believed that its current laws, created in response to Nazi genetic engineering experiments, were more strict than the signed ban. Britain declared itself "open" to the new cloning technology ( 19 European Nations). The European ban
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