From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 08:50:23 MST
>From: "Harvey Newstrom" <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
>There are more problems with cloning. Cloned animals have many
>biological problems not found in the original animals. Current
>techniques cause genetic damage to the DNA being transferred.
>Telomeres are copied at the current adult (pre-aged) level.
>Cloned animals have thus far aged prematurely and died younger
>than normal. Now we have this report which reports on some
>investigations into these problems.
>I know most people on this list support reproductive cloning, as
>do I. But we need to be realistically aware that current
>processes are not ready for prime time. I do not believe any
>cloned animals are normal (yet). The only ones that appear normal
>are too young and have not been studied long enough. Many cloned
>animals appear normal at first and develop weird problems later in
>life. All of the evidence points to genetic damage in the process
>itself.
I completely agree with what you have written here. This was very
eloquently put.
Resolved: Human cloning not ready for prime time.
I vote in favor.
Brian
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