Word: cloninger
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These futuristic scenarios are not now part of the debate over human cloning, but they should be. Spurred by the fear that maverick physicist Richard Seed, or someone like him, will open a cloning clinic, lawmakers are rushing to enact broad restrictions against human cloning. To date, 19 European nations...
The production of skin tissue for grafting purposes or perfectly-matched bone marrow are two of the most commonly mentioned benefits of human cloning, and scientists fear Seed's proclamation will deter their efforts to develop such potentially life-saving derivatives, casting them as monsters and mad scientists.
Seed also told NPR he has no money and no scientists who would commit to helping him with the cloning
Also impacted by Seed's announcement is the movement for more stringent governmental regulation of cloning research. Legislation against cloning looms in Washington, where lawmakers banned indefinitely the appropriation of any federal funds for research with human cloning as a final objective last year.
European countries are also paving the way toward stricter regulation. Nineteen countries there outlawed the use of cloning to create babies at a conference in Paris last week. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) stated that she would introduce similar legislation to outlaw the same procedure for 10 years.