Re: Cloning given the kook treatment.

From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Thu Mar 29 2001 - 10:44:56 MST


If we are talking about cloning an entire person, I think there are serious questions about gene expression,
mitochondrial DNA and (maybe) telomeres. I think it's important to treat these concerns with respect, if we want to
steer clear of Mengele and the slave boats.

And I, for one, do.

Michael Lorrey wrote:
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010328/hl/cloning_1.html
>
> Apparently the hype about congressional hearings on cloning are being
> spun to make cloning seem too kooky to trust to be done safely without
> 'mutations' and 'defects', thus justifying government regulation and
> intervention.



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