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...world and calls for restrictive legislation. But there have been so many milestones, starting even before the birth of Dolly the sheep in 1996, that each one seems a little less startling than the one before. Sometimes an advance is so subtle that it sounds just like the breakthrough that made headlines the year before...
That disclaimer didn't satisfy critics. Indeed, the Korean breakthrough adds fuel to two different ethical debates at once. The first--whether cloning for reproduction should be allowed--is pretty well settled. Only a handful of loose-cannon scientists and members of the Raelian sect, who believe humans were created by aliens, openly favor human cloning. It is explicitly banned in many countries, including Korea...
According to professors, Harvard researchers last week were dealt a humbling blow when a monumental medical breakthrough in stem cell research took place in a South Korean...
Despite the continued debate over research, and South Korea’s significant breakthrough, Harvard scientists say they are excited by the progress in the field...
...It’s really a small technical breakthrough, one that we’ve done with mammals, but to finally do it with human embryonic stem cells...it’s remarkable...