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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. 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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  3. 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"