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Scientists Claim They Cloned Humans

Posted by michael on from the double-your-pleasure dept.

dustinbarbour writes "A South Korean-led research team has cloned human embryos to produce embryonic stem cells, a scientific first that promises to reignite public debate over cloning. Medical researchers hope to use cloned embryonic stem cells to someday treat diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's. The cells potentially could create rejection-free transplant organ tissues." There's another story in the NYT.

3 of 607 comments (clear)

  1. Another reason to cheer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Another first for a non-US scientific achievement. Another reason for bigots here to feel sad.

  2. Re:Stem cells important but by Tenfish · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The ethical questions are bigger than that. Making babies without the usual mother and father will allow people who shouldn't have babies (think Massacuhusts here) to have them.

    This is wrong, and should be stopped. Life is a gift, not a tinkertoy set.

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    --Guns don't kill people, abortion clinics kill people.
  3. Telomeres problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hello, this person is speaking out their ass. This is not informative. There is no reliable scientific basis to demonstrate that cloned cells have substantially different telomeres from other cells. There are plenty of ASSUMPTIONS that this might be true by those who are against cloning, but there is no hard proof. It was also assumed that stem cell transplants would cause cancer and that has not been found to be the case at all.