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Harvard Scientists to Clone Human Embryos

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the asking-for-trouble dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Harvard University scientists claim they will soon start trying to clone human embryos to create stem cells. Even with the history of controversy and fraud researchers hope they can one day use the newly created stem cells to aid in battle against many diseases. From the article: 'The privately funded work is aimed at devising treatments for such ailments as diabetes, Lou Gehrig's disease, sickle-cell anemia and leukemia. Harvard is only the second American university to announce its venture into the challenging, politically charged research field.'"

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  1. Off topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But PLEASE can someone change the style so that the score appears nearer to the comment title? This is totally KILLING me(and I'm most certain I'm not alone in this) in an otherwise okay redesign.

    Pretty please?

    1. Re:Off topic by Aqua+OS+X · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I second this idea.

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  2. Re:Is it worth it? by Darkman,+Walkin+Dude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    greets from japan.

    Greets from Nanjing. Hows that mutant thing going these days?

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  3. Re:Survival of the Fittest by bohemian72 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    people involved in the Garfield movie
    Hey! Jennifer Love Hewitt was involved in that/those movies. I'd like to opportunity to keep that 'second rate homo sapien' line going. ;-)
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