@article{Arranz_Ariza_Riudor_Vilar_Salvadó,_Galofré_Vendrell_Esquirol_2003, title={Preliminar reflections about a present techno medical application: clonation}, volume={9}, url={https://actabioethica.uchile.cl/index.php/AB/article/view/16822}, abstractNote={<p align="justify">This paper reflects about the new medical technoscience challenge opened: the possibility of therapeutic or reproductive clonation. The present paper approximates the medical-scientific terminology clearly and schematically, from the concepts of sexual or asexual reproduction to endonucleation, to the concepts of germinal, somatic or <em>in vitro </em>embryos and stem cells, to carry out an analysis of the ethical conflicts opened in each case. The last part of the essay centers in ethical issues related to the embryo, particularly the problems generated by the surplus embryos of fertilization <em>in vitro research, different social groups, that opposed to their use, and the law, that declares them unusabel for reproductive purposes when their viability cannot be guaranteed. </em>, origin of an important controversy between the scientific community, that would like that they be utilized for</p>}, number={1}, journal={Acta Bioethica}, author={Arranz, José Antonio and Ariza, Xavier and Riudor, Encarnació and Vilar, Lluis and Salvadó, Jordi and Galofré, Núria and Vendrell, Susana and Esquirol, Josep Maria}, year={2003}, month={Jan.} }