--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 02:49 AM Monday 7/17/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: > > >Cancer is undifferentiated balls of cells too. Is a tumour > > a "human"? > > > The obvious difference is that if left alone a blastocyst has a > chance (if nothing goes wrong) of becoming a human being, whereas > a tumor does not.
I don't think that "potential" has anything to do with it. The organism you are calling a blastocyst is a human being - it ain't a cow, after all. So, I see where you are going with this, but I think that your answer was a little too simplistic. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l