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Stanford Jumps Into Cloning Fray

Posted by michael on from the splitting-hairs dept.

smackthud writes "According to this article in the Minneapolis StarTribune website Stanford University is planning to clone human embryos. Story summary says it all: 'Stanford University announced today its intention to clone human embryos, becoming the first U.S. university to publicly embrace the politically charged procedure. The intent of the project is to produce stem cells for medical research.'" Stanford has released a statement distinguishing what Stanford is doing from reproductive cloning.

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  1. but will slashdot clone this story? by sulli · · Score: 2, Funny

    just asking.

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  2. victory, you say? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Begun, this clone war has......

  3. cloning by matt4077 · · Score: 4, Funny

    cloning, nature's way of saying: imagine a beowulf cluster of yourself!

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    Fleur de Sel
  4. Re:Ranting and Ravings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It would seem even the mighty media can mislead us!

    TERRORIST!!! how dare you even suggest such things!

  5. Cloning Fray by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why are they cloning fray? We've got more than enough fray...

  6. Cloning? Cloning? by Captain+Large+Face · · Score: 3, Funny

    What is the world coming to?
    What is the world coming to?

  7. Obligatory Red Dwarf Quote by CCIEwannabe · · Score: 2, Funny


    Rimmer: "Can you imagine a society composed entirely of me?"

    CAT: I'm trying not to, last time I did that it took me a week to dry the matress!

  8. "It's just another part of me" by fatkid4ever · · Score: 1, Funny

    What horrifies me is thinking a time will come when the rich will be the only ones who have access to this. "I'm gonnna die of old age and will my wealth to, well, me!" And, imagine, Michael Jackson cloning himself, just when we might be feeling we'll be free of him -- public nose-peelings and baby drops into the 22nd century!!!

  9. sole less minion of orthodoxy? by cat_jesus · · Score: 4, Funny
    (sole if you want to put it in one word, even though I do not belive in the sole idea).
    What? No sole for you? You don't wear shoes?
  10. Re:Here's a hint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    To answer your question, you are not a human being until you have a functioning brain...

    So, it's not too late to abort you then?