1. 1 Welcome To Rural Sociology 2225 “Science, Technology and Society” Mary Grigsby Associate Professor of Rural Sociology Division of Applied Social Sciences

2. Topics of Discussion: – Stem Cell Tutorial-Univ of Michigan – Focused viewing of “Human Cloning: An Ethical Dilemma” – Cartoon on Cloning – Groups assigned to discuss and report back on specific ethical question related to “reproductive” cloning 2

3. Tutorial http://www.umich.edu/stemcell/tutorial/ Stem cell research http://www.umich.edu/stemcell/faq/#section4 http://www.umich.edu/stemcell/faq/#section4 Center for Genetics and Society-Human Biotechnology Policies Around the World – U.S. Federal; Global; Other Countries http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=304 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/section.php?id=23 Center for American Progress http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/11/an-emerging- consensus/ http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/11/an-emerging- consensus/