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"What is wrong with the current terminology other than it makes people uncomfortable? The terminology is accurate. Keep it. If we change it to suit political winds then science is surely corrupted." -Rebecca Taylor
"Unfortunately, any technical substitute for "therapeutic cloning" such as "somatic nuclear transfer" is likely to be tuned out by the public and not widely used in the popular media. If there is a more media and public friendly term than cloning, I am not sure what it is. The way to approach the problem would be to conduct focus groups and surveys examining and testing language that might substitute. " -Matthew C. Nisbet
"I think therapeutic/research cloning is apt; also, the laypeople won't get confused." -Patrick Foong
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