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UCSF Acknowledges Tests on Human Cloning

Posted by timothy on from the one-one-one-testing-one-one-one dept.

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."

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  1. NOT illegal by waytoomuchcoffee · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article states "the controversial procedure that would be banned by legislation now before Congress"

  2. Re:Canada by Hamster+Of+Death · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is already illegal here.

    http://ca.news.yahoo.com/020304/6/kiki.html

  3. Re:Devil's Advocate by Permission+Denied · · Score: 4, Informative
    Maybe its a bum, maybe its an infant with a near zero chance of survival, but you are making your way down a slippery slope.

    I find it interesting that you mention this explicitly. You may know that this is a logical fallacy; the only question that remains is whether you didn't know this, or whether you knew this and were trolling. I'm betting on the latter, judging from the title of your post and words like "it is only a matter of time before you..." which are the mainstays of such arguments.

    I hate to be the one who spoils your fun, but this is a very well-constructed and successful troll.