Cloning License for Dolly's Doc 290
Rollie Hawk writes "Ian Wilmut, leader of Dolly the sheep's team and Professor at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, has been given the green light by the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to start further cloning research. As a matter of fact, he is now a licensed human cloner.
The license has a duration of one year and is the second of its kind given by Britain, the first country to officially sanction human cloning research.
Research will be focusing on motor neurone disease (MND). The team hopes to perform cell nuclear replacement on the skin cells of MND victims in order to create stem cells, the jack-of-all-trades of the cell family and the supposed magic bullets for ailments ranging from Alzheimer's to paralysis.
Not human cloning. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:So..... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:should I write a novel? (Score:3, Informative)
Of course, the movie is only intersting if you see the MST3K version.
Re:Certainty (Score:5, Informative)
Cloning Lic. seems like a good compromise (Score:1, Informative)
and [b] "God told me and all of my friends that could find a polling booth that every sperm is sacred and science should be put to good uses like weapons research...don't you touch a f**king embryo or we'll kill you." which HAS happened since separation of church and state has broken down pretty badly in the country that first implemented the concept.
Re:Certainty (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Thank you Bush! (Score:3, Informative)
Not so fast Einstein (Score:5, Informative)
I don't have any answers, but feel compelled to point out that so far cloning is not known to be harmless. Specifically, as far as I know all cloned mammals have a cell age equivalent to that of the cell donor. The cell age is measured by the length of the cell telemers. (When the telemers become too short, the cell dies. Telemers get shorter with every cell division.)
Re:Is this a good idea AT THIS TIME? (Score:2, Informative)
The only leg you have left to stand on is potenciality, which is also a flawed arguement, since it leads down the same slippery slope.
you can extend telomeres (Score:3, Informative)