FACTS BEHIND THE FICTION: A TIME LINE OF HEADLINES 2001: Scientists to Clone Humans "Scientists from Italy, the United States, and Israel said last week they would begin preparations to try to produce the first clone of a human being." --The Washington Post October 2002: Genetically Altered Pigs Provide Transplant Hope --CNN.com November 2002: Stem Cell Mixing May Form a Human-Mouse Hybrid "The goal would be to test different lines of human embryonic stem cells for . . . treating specific diseases. . . . Federally financed researchers can work only with 'presidential cell lines,' established before August 9, 2001, which president Bush declared as the cutoff for permissible stem cell work." --The New York Times 2002: Toronto Region Ripe for Disease, Study Warns "West Nile virus is just a taste of calamities that climate change brings." --The Globe and Mail (Toronto) 2002: Researchers Create Polio Virus in Lab "Scientists point out the potential dangers." --The Washington Post ***August 2002: U.S. Is Not the Only Nation Resisting a Strong Pact at the Summit Meeting on Global Warming --The New York Times ***August 2002: U.S. Study Links Media Violence with Mean Kids --Chicago Tribune December 2002: Fate of Polar Bears Rests on Thinning Ice "The marine Mammal could be extinct within the next 100 years, scientists warn." --The Globe and Mail (Toronto) ***January 2003: Cloned Cows Are Engineered to Speed Up Cheese Making --The New York Times ***February 2003: F.D.A. Says Food Supply May Contain Altered Pigs --The New York Times ***February 2003: Dolly's Death Resurrects Debate on Cloning Ethics --Los Angeles Times
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