Japan to Allow Human-Nonhuman Mixed Cloning

Sara Chan writes: "Japan has decided to allow combined human-animal embryos to be produced through cloning, which could result in mixed-species creatures. The intended purpose is to permit transplant organs to be produced in specially-bred animals. The original story is in a Japanese newspaper, but you can get an English summary here."

Comments

won't fly in the USA

[Anonymous Coward]

America, being too based on illogical and pointless religious fervor and political emotionalism will treat this with the same idiocy that they treat nuclear power. "It's EVIL! OH MY GOD WE CAN NOT HAVE THIS!".

Because, after all, what is important in this country is whether Oprah and Jerry Falwell condone it. Other than that, whether it actually is useful, moral, logical or efficient is pointless.

Re:This is good for religion

[Foogle]

That's retarded. Your argument proves nothing at all, because you're making certain assumptions that really can't be made at all.

• You're assuming that a soul has to be created through 'coitus and traditional conception'.
• You're assuming that the inability to create creatures of free will would HAVE to be because of a "soul".

If a being "receives" its soul independent of sexual conception (clearly this would have to be true, since sex is proven to not be required in the making of a child), then it is possible that these home-made creatures would receive their sould by the same process.

And the inability to create sentient creatures could be due to errors in the science, not due to a "soul" -- You couldn't take a failure here and say, "Well, it must be because of God." It proves nothing at all.

Re:Wow, that's a hell of a step.

[SubtleNuance]

Christians....will one day...and be less intelligent

What do you mean "one day"?

Re:Repeat after me...

[1010011010]

Various views exist for what generation means.

It could refer to a type of raisin pudding. We just don't know. But with rationalization, all things are possible.