Laurie Zoloth

Northwestern University / Genetic Literacy Project

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Professor of Religion, Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Northwestern University and an advisory board member to the Genetic Literacy Project

Laurie Zoloth on KCRW

Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1996, but no human being has ever been duplicated.  Now there's the possibility of creating a human from scratch.

The quest for synthetic humans

Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1996, but no human being has ever been duplicated.  Now there's the possibility of creating a human from scratch.

from To the Point

Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1996, but no human being has ever been duplicated.  Now there's the possibility of creating a human from scratch.

The Quest for Synthetic Humans

Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1996, but no human being has ever been duplicated.  Now there's the possibility of creating a human from scratch.

from To the Point

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