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[edman]

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José Cibelli, a cloning expert at the Michigan State University, East Lansing, says there is no clear reason why techniques to make human embryonic stem cells through nuclear transfer need be very different from those used in non-human primates. But he cautions that "what works in rhesus monkeys doesn't work in baboons."

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070618/ ... 7891a.html

hehehe

[Daughter of Darwin]

It's inevitable, I suppose.

Anyone read CJ Cherryh?

[tideliar]

Nope. Wanna enlighten me

I lveo this stuff... are we about to irrepearably damage what it means to be human? What about the clones? Who will love the clones

[edman]

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Thanks. My mistake in choosing category.

The post was meant as a subtle tease on nature's news editing, so, it doesn't fit this category either

[tideliar]

No worries dude. But I think it's an interesting discussion anyway...if we can lure some dwellers down this far...

One of the big issues to overcome with anything like this is the loss of human identity. It's easy to start with, say, an organ grown in an animal using chimeic stem cells, but where would draw the line? We can even look at the Christian view of ensoulment if one takes this down the line towards reproductive cloning...

...anybody wanna jump in here...anybody... Bueller...Bueller....