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Science at the Movies

By Sean Henahan, Access Excellence



The release of film "Gattaca" highlights some of the complex issues surrounding the possibility of human cloning. With recent announcements of cloning of sheep and monkeys, will human clones be far behind? Here are some resources that might come in handy in discussing the film.

Discussion Forums   

AE Discussion Forum: Science at the Movies

New Scientist Forum on Cloning

Dolly Article in NATURE


News Articles

Salon Interview with Ian Wilmut

A Case Study of Cloning 

8/97 Cow Cloned 

7/97 Polly- The Sheep with Human Genes

7/97 Tissue Generation and In Utero Surgery

3/97 Monkey Clone 

3/97 Chicken-Brain Exchange

2/97 Dolly Cloning Article (Lots of Links!)

Classroom Activities

Lessons from Jurrasic Park

Cracking the Code, Cloning Paper Plasmid 


Additional Resources

Sony: Gattaca Home Page

National Biotethics Advisory Commission

Roslin Institute

New Scientist: The Cloning Debate

Clone FAQ 

CNN Coverage of Dolly, with audio clip 

CNN: Cloning in Hollywood 


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