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Science
Friday > Archives > 2002 > September > September 13, 2002:
Hour One: West Nile
/ Scientific Freedom / Cloning Problems
Join us for a science news wrap-up in this hour of Science Friday.
We'll be taking a look at three different stories:
First, West Nile virus continues to spread around the country. We'll
talk about the growth of the mosquito-borne disease outbreak, efforts
to limit its spread, health effects, and the disturbing possibility
that some West Nile illnesses may have been caused by tissue transplants
carrying the virus.
Next, we'll take a look at science and secrecy. While scientific
progress depends on the free exchange of information, the increasing
focus on security in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
and the anthrax attacks that followed has some scientists questioning
the degree to which some scientific information should be available.
We'll talk about the conflict between openness and security, and whether
scientists engaged in certain types of research may be facing new
restrictions on publication and exchange of their data.
We'll finish the hour with a look at a new study on the genetics
of cloning. Work published this week suggests that cloned mice, rather
than being exact copies of their parent, have hundreds of errors in
their genetic material. We'll talk about why, and what the finding
might mean for the spread of cloning technology.
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners'
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required).
Guests:
Lyle Petersen
Deputy Director
Division of Vector-Borne
Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Ronald Atlas
President, American Society for Microbiology
Professor, Biology
Graduate Dean
Co-director, Center for Deterrence of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Rudolf Jaenisch
Member, Whitehead Institute
for Biomedical Research
Professor, Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Books/Articles Discussed:
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"Abnormal gene expression in cloned mice derived from ES cell
and cumulus cell nuclei" by David Humpherys, Kevin Eggan, Hidenori
Akutsu, Adam Friedman, Konrad Hochedlinger, Ryuzo Yanagimachi,
Eric S. Lander, Todd R. Golub, and Rudolf Jaenisch. PNAS Early
Edition.
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more SciFri books here)
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Related Links:
CDC
Media Relations - West Nile Virus Update
CDC
West Nile Virus Home Page - Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
(DVBID)
Questions
and Answers About West Nile Virus - CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious
Diseases (DVBID)
TIME.com:
What To Do About West Nile
CNN.com:
West Nile reaches West Coast - September 7, 2002
NY
Times: Transplants Seem Source of West Nile Virus Cases
NY Times: Sept.
11 Strikes at Labs' Doors
Regulatory
Alert on Select Agent Possession
POLICY
GUIDELINES OF THE PUBLICATIONS BOARD OF THE ASM Research
Standards and Practices to Prevent Destructive Application of Advanced
Biotechnology
AAAS Science and Policy Programs
Nat'l
Academy Press, Scientific Communication and National Security (1982),
Table of Contents
Scientists
Worry Journals May Aid Terrorists
Technology
Review - Science and Secrets
Wired.com: Study:
Humans Not Fit for Cloning
Boston
Globe Online / Nation | World / Study sees faint hope on human cloning
Health
- canada.com network
This segment produced by Karin
Vergoth and Dorothy Lam
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