Oftencold
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Scientists have managed to overcome an incredible hurdle that has confounded researchers since Dolly 15 years ago. But researchers from Oregon seem to have finally confirmed (it's not a South Korean hoax this time!) that they have advanced a cloned cell past the stymied 6-12 stage into a 150 cell blastocyst which is enough to serve as a source/reservoir for embryonic stem cells. This is an extraordinary development, and I for one am excited!
Scientists Clone Human Embryos To Make Stem Cells : Shots - Health News : NPR
BBC News - Home
Yeah, "excited." You and Dr. Frankenstein.
Sooner or later, this sort of thinking is going to lead somebody with power to reason that "since a grown human is merely a more complex collection of cells, there is no ethical bar to whatever we choose to do with it as a society." (Note the impersonal pronoun.) I sort of hope that you live to see it.