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China Ahead in Stem-Cell Research

Posted by michael on from the organ-banks dept.

Andrew writes: "New Scientist is reporting (for free) on the WSJ's China clones human embryos story: "Chinese scientists are claiming a great leap forward in human cloning - the creation of dozens of cloned embryos advanced enough to harvest embryonic stem cells."" The lengthy Wall Street Journal story is also on MSNBC.

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  1. Ok, so the chinese can clone embryos... by Tebriel · · Score: 5, Funny

    But where are they going to put all these extra people?

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  2. This is not the only ... by ZnoOne · · Score: 3, Funny

    China also ahead in cloning copy right CDs

  3. Evil by ThousandStars · · Score: 2, Funny

    The nice part about evil, soulless facist governments is that they play by no rules, with no rules, with no consideration of the negative potential for science I agree that stem cells hold tremendous potential for good, but without pondering the Brave New World/Gattaca/(insert cliche book here) consequences, the future might turn out an ugly place. It is dangerous to wave flags and say we should follow in their footsteps. One cannot use the dark side of the force/The One Ring/etc. without becoming Darth Vader/Sauron/CowboyNeal.

  4. Health care... by cperciva · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok... so if you want to use someone else's organs, you hop on a plane to India... if you want to have pig organs grown for you, you hop on a plane to the UK... if you want to have stem cells cloned and grown into organs for you, you hop on a plane to China...

    Is it just me, or does it seem that medical treatment is moving in the direction of taking a very large number of plane flights?

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  5. I hope not! by burtonator · · Score: 2, Funny

    If China gets to far ahead they will swarm us with...

    Just think... billions of Chinese!!! ah!

  6. Human Organs by james_shoemaker · · Score: 5, Funny

    So in the future when you look at the packaging your replacement organs come in it will say...

    "Made in China"

  7. Like the chinese really need this... by slashbrent · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doesn't China kind of have a little over-population problem as it is?

    Like to the tune of 1.2 BILLION people!

    ;-)

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  8. food for thought by FrenZon · · Score: 2, Funny

    I know this is extremely bad taste, but ..

    Now you're really going to have to worry about what you've got in your dim sims.