Word: cloninger
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
In recent weeks, David S. Rosenthal '59, director of University Health Services and president of the American Cancer Society (ACS), has begun to play a prominent role in the U.S. Senate debate on human cloning.
A January announcement by Richard G. Seed '49 that he plans to open a human cloning clinic in Chicago has caused both Democrats and Republicans to propose anti-cloning legislation.
For once, I totally agree with Krauthammer. I'm not sure a capital crime can be charged for creating headless humans, but withholding any kind of funding should help. The argument that cloning humans for their organs might save lives is spurious, since any respect for life seems completely absent...
Isn't a crime by definition supposed to cause harm? While distasteful, cloning humans for harvesting organs would not actually harm anyone. Executing people for doing "distasteful" things is characteristic of countries like Iran or Stalin's U.S.S.R. Is Krauthammer's attitude yet another indicator that this is where the...
It was gratifying to note that it is an eccentric physicist, Richard Seed, who is planning to start a clinic in Chicago to clone human beings [SCIENCE, Jan. 19]. The fact that it doesn't appear he will succeed brings some solace. It is very scary when academics start discussing...