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South Korean Cloners In Hot Water Over Donors

Posted by timothy on from the hot-amniotic-fluid-at-least dept.

Xookliba writes "Last February, South Korean scientists succeeded in the world's first human clone. Read the slashdot article here. As it turns out, they might have not been the best abassadors for this technology as they are currently mired in an ethical scandal over the source of the eggs used in the experiment. The field definitely does not need this type of debacle. No doubt this will fuel the argument of those who oppose all types of cloning, including the beneficial therapeutic cloning that this research was aimed at. Read the story here."

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  1. "Beneficial therapeutic cloning"?? by Saganaga · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This only begs the question: beneficial to whom? Isn't there someone you're forgetting, someone who doesn't benefit from so-called "therapeutic" cloning, namely the unborn human being who is being harvested for parts for the benefit of others? How is this different from the Nazi-era human experimentation that we all (hopefully) abhor?

  2. Re:Skeptics be damned by Saganaga · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Your comment is typical of the utilitarian viewpoint (the philosophy that says that whatever course of action provides the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people is the most ethical one). Your comment also smacks of elitism ("religious fanatical mob") and demonstrates your willingness to let "those who are knowledgable" make all your decisions for you.

  3. Feelings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A lump of cells or a baby? Depends on what you want. You want to have a baby, therefore you bond that currently a-"lump of cells" into an idea of a baby. It's a baby in potentia, in hopes. It's not a baby yet, but it could become one. But it really isn't a baby yet. Please try to understand that.