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Gallup: Gay sex, divorce, extramarital sex reach new highs of ‘moral acceptability’
By Kevin Eckstrom — May 30, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Gallup Poll's annual "moral acceptability" scale has been conducted since 2001 and charts shifting cultural attitudes on a number of hot-button social issues.
Human cloning breakthrough prompts religious objections
By David Gibson — May 15, 2013
(RNS) News that scientists in Oregon had for the first time recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos prompted dire warnings from religious leaders who say the research crosses a bioethical red line and could lead to designer babies.
Vatican gets behind adult stem cell research
By Alessandro Speciale — April 9, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Wading into one of the most controversial fields of modern medicine, the Vatican is promoting adult stem cells as an ethical and scientifically more promising approach to genetic therapy than embryonic stem cells.
DNA experiment yields great promise and high ethical risks
By Nick Budnick — October 25, 2012
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have transferred DNA from donor cells into other donor cells, resulting in tiny embryos that could be free of genetic diseases in a technique that offers great promise as well as ethical pitfalls. By Nick Budnick.
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