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UCSF Acknowledges Tests on Human Cloning
David_Bloom writes: "The University of California at San Francisco has acknowledged that it has been illegally toying around with human cloning. They had been attempting to create an early-stage human embryo, with the aim of harvesting stem cells for the use to treat patients with disorders such as Parkinson's and heart disease."
They had been attempting to create an early-stage human embryo, with the aim of harvesting stem cells for the use to treat patients with disorders such as Parkinson's and heart disease.
In other news, the Third Reich announced today that they have been doing some "secret" experiments on Jews with the goal of treating patients with many noble-sounding disorders.
But hey, the ends justify the means, right?
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
The way the law stands, no federal money can be used to do the studies. That does NOT mean that some group (in this case, a university) cannot receive funds just because it researches cloning. A university couldu se private funds (as was stated in the article) to research cloning and spend their federal funds on practically anything else they want to, for example, the effects of idiotic slashdot posters who don't bother to learn about what they're talking about.
-Jenn