Tuesday, February 08, 2005

A Brave New World

I firmly believe that science can produce good...but it's not inherently good. That's why this sort of thing troubles me:

The team hopes to produce cloned cells from patients with motor neurone diseaseThe creator of Dolly the sheep has been granted a licence to clone human embryos for medical research.

Professor Ian Wilmut and Kings College London scientists will clone early stage embryos to study motor neurone disease (MND).

This is the second time the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has given such permission.

Critics maintain that testing human embryos is immoral. Others question the potential benefits of the work.

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