[extropy-chat] Wilmut gets human therapeutic cloning go-ahead

Mike Lorrey mlorrey at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 9 02:42:38 UTC 2005


--- Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com> wrote:

> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1476087,00.html
> 
> Cloning gets green light to find cure for nerve disease
> 
> By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent
> 
> THE scientist who created Dolly the sheep will attempt to clone human
> embryos this summer after securing a licence to use the technique to
> find a cure for motor neurone disease.

Looks like the Brits are hot on not letting this space race pass them
by this time. Meanwhile the California legislature wants to ban cloned
kitties, apparently its a crime against nature for a few more cats to
be underfoot.

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
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