UMaine Student Creates Prototype Program for Cloning Education
Contact: Mary Tyler, Biological Sciences, 207-581-2543; Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777
ORONO– When politicians and the public debate bans on human cloning, Ryan Joyce cringes. It’s not that Joyce, a University of Maine senior in biology and a member of the Honors College from Topsham, Maine, advocates human cloning. He doesn’t. It’s what is left out of discussions or portrayed inaccurately that bothers him.
To address misconceptions about the current state of cloning technology, Joyce worked with Mary Tyler, UMaine professor of biology, to create a multi-media educational program for use in schools. He has produced a CD that he calls Xerox