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A CDC advisory committee will soon announce its recommendations for use of a new vaccine that prevents most forms of cervical cancer by protecting against the virus that causes most forms of the disease. Diane and her guests talk about how the vaccine works and its likely public health impact.
Dr. Douglas Lowy, M.D., chief of the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology in the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research
Cindy Pearson, executive director of the National Women's Health Network
Dr. Lee Savio Beers, assistant professor of pediatrics at Children's National Medical Center
Peter Sprigg, vice president for policy at the Family Research Council
The Scottish embryologist who in 1997 was the first to clone a mammal talks about the ethics, history, and potential of human cloning.
Ian Wilmut, professor at the University of Edinburgh, formerly of the Roslin Institute in Scotland where Dolly was cloned.
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