-Caveat Lector- "To create animal clones, scientists frequently made hundreds of failed attempts to develop viable embryos. Medical ethicists have posed the possibility of cruel failures in human cloning, where genetic abnormalities result in grotesque foetuses unable to survive outside the womb. " Human clone `only 18 months away' By ANDREW STERN in Chicago 30jan01 REPRODUCTIVE experts in the United States are at loggerheads after one group claimed it would clone humans within 18 months. A separate group, which refused to be identified, said such a move was technically feasible but probably would produce many stillborn or genetically diseased embryos. The group planning the cloning said it would provide children to infertile couples. A viable embryo, probably using stem cells or other cells taken from the man, could be available for implantation in the woman's uterus within 18 months, said Dr Panayiotis Zavos, of The Andrology Institute of America and the Kentucky Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Invitro Fertilisation in Lexington, Kentucky. "This is going to be the first serious effort," Dr Zavos said. "I do know various individual groups that are acting on their own, but they lack the support." Scientists have cloned sheep, beginning with "Dolly" in Scotland in 1997, as well as mice and cows, but any suggestion of cloning humans has been met by outrage within the scientific community and in political and religious circles. "As revolutionary as it may sound, as fictional as it may sound, it will be done," Dr Zavos said. "It's a genie that is out of the bottle and will be controlled." He said 10 infertile couples had volunteered to participate. One US pair cannot conceive because the man's testicles were severed in an accident, he said. The consortium would operate in a Mediterranean country. Dr Zavos said his group would hold a conference in Rome in March, inviting a cardinal from the Vatican, which opposes human cloning. The scientists plan to use regular cells or undifferentiated stem cells from the husband and insert them into an ovacyte, a woman's egg stripped of its genetic material. The cell would be stimulated to divide and create an embryo equipped with all the specialty cells that make up a copy of the man, and then implanted in the wife's uterus. The wives could also be the person cloned, depending on the couple's choice, he said. "We have a great deal of knowledge. We can grade embryos, we can do genetic screening, we can do quality control," Dr Zavos said. "It's not the easiest thing. The stability of the genetic information is what's important. We're cloning a human being now, we're not trying to create a Dolly. You don't want to create a monster," he said. To create animal clones, scientists frequently made hundreds of failed attempts to develop viable embryos. Medical ethicists have posed the possibility of cruel failures in human cloning, where genetic abnormalities result in grotesque foetuses unable to survive outside the womb. ANOMALOUS IMAGES AND UFO FILES http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
