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Stanford Jumps Into Cloning Fray
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.
CLONES SLASHDOT THIS STORY!
give it a week - maybe 2, and you can be sure it will happen...
I need to fucking get my life together, and I really don't have a clue as to what direction I want to go. I'm smart, athletic, and have strong interpersonal skills, but I don't have a clue what I should do with myself. All my friends are back stabbing bastards, but I can't leave them due to my own loyalty and fear of associating with non-back stabbing bastards, which whom I have little experience. I've slowly become somewhat of a closet recluse. Many times I won't answer the phone unless I feel that it could be really important. Sometimes I'll turn my cellphone off for a day or so when I'm expecting a call I don't want. I could easily have a beautiful, smart girlfriend, but I'm too apathetic to call her. I sometimes avoid people I know and like when in public places, just because I don't feel like putting on a pretty face for them. Strangely enough, when I do pick up the phone, I end up going out and having a good time. On the outside, I'm indestructible, and many people would envy me. On the other hand, I exhibit these qualities only because I'm afraid of failure. I'm a good leader and am very compassionate and giving, but I've "sucked it up" forever, and though my resilience will never wear out, I would like to give it a break. An overall summary of my social state would be "paranoid in solitude".
I'm jobless, and under pressure from family to follow in standard capitalist American footsteps. "You sure you don't want to be a surgeon? They make a lot of money." I say to myself that I want to get into either civil or nuclear engineering, but in reality I don't have a clue what either field would require. I have good enough credentials to get into any university in the US, but I really don't have a clue where I want to go or should go. I also feel tempted to join the US Naval Academy, but I have NO CLUE why. I'm working on learning a third language, but have no clue what I would use it for. I want to help humanity in a big way, but I can't stand 99% of the humans I know. I want to "follow my dreams", but unfortunately I don't even know my own dreams! I want to make lots of money, even though I have strong morals that somehow contradict capitalism... hell, I already have lots of money, but I don't even know what to do with it. I feel like there isn't enough time to risk doing something that would force me to backtrack, but I'm wasting time in the process of waiting!
I'm lost religiously. I was Roman Catholic born and bread, but even when I manage to make myself go to mass nowadays, I only find myself contradicting the sermon in my head, and generally making myself feel doomed. I'm not atheist, because there is no way I could come to terms with death resulting in nothing more than worm food, and this is coming from someone who scored an IQ of 177 when he was 16. Kinda funny that I have the knowledge to know why there is no god, but on the other hand, my own emotions and "heart" are too powerful for my brain to take over.
Ahh, shit.
...to do just about anything.
t m
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2563249.s
Land of the free!
Time for a new slogan?
damn - 3 posts as an AC cos i thought mods would shit on me, and they've all been modded up. guess I shouldnt give a rats arse about karma eh?
Posting anonymously so I dont get modded down for being OT. So much for not giving a rats about karma =)
In Soviet Russia, the embryos clone YOU!
Martin
Will the clone Za Moosey?
I was rather angry at Bush when he decided to limit stem cell research. I felt that his decision was affected directly by his religious beliefs.
GWB's religious beliefs do not seem to be slowing him down from a pointless war against Iraq in which a number of non-combatants will become "colateral damage"...
I guess he is able to choose when his beliefs come into play and when they can be cast aside...
*** Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket?