NOTED CLONING EXPERT STICE TO VISIT
MONMOUTH COLLEGE
Release Date:
October 21, 1999
Dr. Steven Stice, who led the research
for the breakthrough cloning of transgenic calves, will be at Monmouth College Nov. 30 to
speak at two events.
Stice, whose research also led to the first
cloned rabbit in 1988, will speak to freshman seminar students at convocation in the
Auditorium at 11 a.m. and will then address a Monmouth Associates luncheon at 12 noon in the
Whiteman-McMillan Highlander Room of Stockdale Center.
The cost to attend Associates is $5 and
reservations can be made by calling 309-457-2136.
The ethical debate on cloning has focused on
the potential misuse of the technology to clone a human being. According to Stice, movies like
"Boys from Brazil" and "Multiplicity" fuel these concerns by giving an unrealistic portrayal
of how the technology will be used. The technological limits and safeguards like institutional
internal review boards and existing federal and state laws will prohibit anyone from producing
a cloned human being now and in the future, Stice contends.
Stice will discuss the debate, as well as
review his research which led to the creation of George and Charlie, the first genetically
engineered cattle. Although he has successfully cloned rabbits and cattle, Stice says that
it’s very difficult to clone pigs. Nevertheless, his research center in Athens, Ga., includes
a lab specifically designed for implanting embryos in pigs, a feat no one has accomplished so
far.
Stice, who is based at the University of
Georgia and is one the state’s 32 Eminent Scholars, is also the founder of ProLinia, which
develops transgenic and cloning technologies for use in animal agriculture.
An Illinois native, Stice graduated from the
University of Illinois and also received a master’s degree from Iowa State University and a
Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts.
Released
by the Office of College Communications
Barry McNamara, Associate Director of College Communications
Phone: 309-457-2117
Fax: 309-457-2330
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