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This week members of the U.S. House of Representatives were confronted with two choices: Ban all cloning of human cells, or permit limited "therapeutic" cloning to provide scientists with cells required for potentially life-saving research.
The ripple effects of the vote, of course, reach well beyond the largely theoretical realm of cloning, and into the heated debate over the Hill?s current cause celebre: Embryonic stem cell research.
--No human cloning. At any stage. For any purpose, even research. Congress should criminalize it.
--CLONING Advanced Cell Technology of Worcester, Mass., acknowledged last week that it is trying to create cloned human embryos (euphemistically referred to as "entities") as sources for stem cells. The company has considered selling its stem cells to other researchers.
Since a lab in Virginia has already created made-to-order embryos for stem-cell research, and another in Massachusetts is cloning embryos for the same purpose, it's hard not to wonder: Is federal money really necessary? No matter what Bush decides, stem-cell research is sure to continue...