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Harvard Scientists to Clone Human Embryos
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Posted 2006-06-07, 06:20 AM
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Harvard University scientists claim they will soon start trying to clone human embryos to create stem cells. Even with the history of controversy and fraud researchers hope they can one day use the newly created stem cells to aid in battle against many diseases. From the article: 'The privately funded work is aimed at devising treatments for such ailments as diabetes, Lou Gehrig's disease, sickle-cell anemia and leukemia. Harvard is only the second American university to announce its venture into the challenging, politically charged research field.'
Source: http://science.slashdot.org/article....13245&from=rss

Not a source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121765
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Posted 2006-06-07, 09:47 AM in reply to Chruser's post "Harvard Scientists to Clone Human..."
Finally, someone is doing something.

I don't know about everyone else's views, but I say that this is a good thing. Hopefully they can accomplish what they set out to do.
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Posted 2006-06-07, 12:05 PM in reply to Lenny's post starting "Finally, someone is doing something. ..."
Yea ...as much fatty foods as us Americans eat ...we need this technology and soon!
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Posted 2006-06-07, 02:27 PM in reply to Willkillforfood's post starting "Yea ...as much fatty foods as us..."
Want some low fat stem cells?
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Posted 2006-06-07, 03:54 PM in reply to Dar_Win's post starting "Want some low fat stem cells?"
As long as they clone them, then kill the clones, stead of just killing the originals.
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Posted 2006-06-07, 03:58 PM in reply to Atnas's post starting "As long as they clone them, then kill..."
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As long as they clone them, then kill the clones, stead of just killing the originals.
How will you tell the difference?
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Posted 2006-06-07, 04:12 PM in reply to Chruser's post starting "How will you tell the difference?"
You can clone physical appearance, but not everything else.

Just ask them both a really personal question like... "Which jam do you prefer? Raspberry, or Raspberry Seedless?"

Then, like in all the films, the clone will say the wrong answer, get shot, whimper about "How did you know?!" and be told only such and such knows that him over there prefers this Jam to that.

Simple, really.

EDIT: Or there's the Monty Python 'Bridge of Death' approach.

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We may be able to clone animals (Dolly the Sheep), but methinks we can't really clone humans yet... well, we can, but not without all the super-aging, and arthritis and all that.

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Posted 2006-06-08, 12:36 AM in reply to Lenny's post starting "You can clone physical appearance, but..."
Clones can be physicaly exact but the environment which they grow up in helps shape the individual .
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Posted 2006-06-11, 08:04 PM in reply to Chruser's post "Harvard Scientists to Clone Human..."
call me when they create life from non living material...
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