Subject: Re: More on human cloning...wow |
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Date Posted: 17:15:43 05/02/02 Thu
In reply to:
Dave
's message, "More on human cloning" on 14:35:51 04/30/02 Tue
Thank you Dave! So interesting but I haven't the time right now to go through all the links.
I will try and do so later. Again thanks!
>Earlier, questions were raised about human cloning for
>research and theraputic purposes.
>
>The idea (assuming I understood it :)) was to clone a
>person's cells into a new embryo, use the stem cells
>from that embryo to make new organs for him or develop
>genetically-tailored medicines and cellular corrective
>factors, and then destroy the embryo before it could
>begin growing. This research promised good things for
>people with diabetes, heart trouble, cystic fibrosis,
>cancer, athlescrosis, alsheimers, seisures, and many
>other diseases. It also resulted in the death of an
>embryo which, if left alone, would have developed into
>a new human being.
>
>Me, being age-challanged lately :) and having a
>borderline diabetes, and looking forward to more
>age-related degeneration of this once-beautiful and
>fantastic body of mine, I'm quite interested in the
>possibilities raised by cloning and stem-cell research
>for people in my situation. But, I'm also very uneasy
>at the destruction of an embryo which otherwise would
>have become a human being. Proponents say the embryo
>would be destroyed before it even begins to grow, and
>that helps my conscious *some*, but it's still a thing
>with the potential to become human. President Bush
>opposes any kind of cloning (which *isn't* a
>recommendation! lately he ain't been doing too good,
>MHO) and so do many religious people; but
rel=nofollow target=_blank >href=http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=57
>8&578&e=12&u=/nm/20020430/ts_nm/science_cloning_dc_13>
>many conservative and religious people favor it,
>or at least want to check it out.
>
>Now, on the US Catholic Bishops website, I find a
>paper which argues
rel=nofollow target=_blank >href=http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/bioethic/mythf
>act.htm> cloning isn't necessary to develop stem
>cells... that technology exists to take ordinary cells
>from any adult and turn them into stem cells for
>research or therapy without the human-life issues
>arising from cloning embryos.
>
>And the same site yields more info on
rel=nofollow target=_blank >href=http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/bioethic/clonf
>act1201.htm> why it is that some people want so much
>to make human clones ... and the reasons given are
>somewhat chilling!! See other papers on cloning
rel=nofollow target=_blank >href=http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/bioethic/facts
>heets.htm> here . But the issue is controversial
>and
rel=nofollow target=_blank >href=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsi
>d_1130000/1130084.stm> many people favor human
>cloning.
>
>Did PrezBush call one right?
>
>In faith, Dave
>dave@christos.cjb.net
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