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Story: First Stem
Cells Extracted from Cloned Human Embryo, 2/17/04
Reading Comprehension Questions: .
2. Why are embryonic stem cells so interesting to scientists? How can this research be applied to medical treatments?
3. Why is embryonic stem cell research controversial?
4. Why does President Bush want to limit embryonic stem cell research?
5. How is reproductive cloning different from therapeutic cloning?
6. Why hasn't the United States banned human reproductive cloning? Discussion Activity (more research might be needed): 1. Pretend that you
are a member of Congress. The issue of cloning has come across your desk
and you need to come up with a policy of how you would vote on the issue.
What is your policy? Would you allow some kinds of cloning but not others?
Would you allow any and all kinds of cloning? Write and explain your policy. 2. How is cloning portrayed in movies (The Matrix, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Austin Powers' mini-me, etc.)? What are the connections between the entertainment industry's idea of cloning and real life? 3. Extension activity:
Have you ever wanted to discover a cure for a disease? Who works on medical
research (doctors, scientists, technicians)? What diseases would you work
to cure? What kind of training would you need? Contact a medical school
or research lab in your state and talk to researchers about their work--
what is exciting about it, what is frustrating, etc. |