The one practicality with cloning, for current technology at least, is stem cells. Given the potential of stem cell therapy (OK I'm biased here given my diabetes), I'm all for that sort of cloning. Reproductive cloning on the other hand I think is unethical. But it probably would help to resolve the nature vs. nurture debate.
larry On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:07:16 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Graeme wrote: > > Why would people be for it? It's more expensive, wasteful, and there > are enough people on the planet already and more being born every day > so why make 2 or 3 of the same person? What's the actual benefit? > Organ harvesting wouldn't even be practical since cloning in real life > isn't like science fiction. It takes a full lifetime to grow a clone > just like growing a real person. > > ---------------- > > Well, there are actually a lot of levels of cloning. The really exciting > research is in specific organ cloning. Take a t-cells from you and then grow > a new heart, kidney, liver, skin. Just the one organ, nothing else. It > could be a major advancement in medicine. > > The trouble I see, is that so many people hear the word "clone" and think > only of a entire new person. Then those that have problems with that concept > for many reasons, just lock down and say all cloning is bad. Lumping this > usefull branch of study under the same umbrella, and hendering research. > > Ian > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:146717 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
