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...Episode II, bounty hunter Jango Fett is the template for an army of clone troopers that look like an early version of the Empire's storm troopers. But Jango's only pure clone is his son Boba, who is Luke's formidable opponent...
...banning somatic cell nuclear transfer, one step in the process to clone a human, the bill will also prohibit scientists from developing stem cells that won’t be rejected by a patient’s body, Corlette said...
...successful birth—should be banned on safety grounds. The state of current research makes the procedure likely to produce a deformed or otherwise diseased clone, if it even survives. Since researchers in Scotland cloned Dolly the sheep in 1997, they have discovered severe arthritis in her and other signs of early aging. Scientists believe similar difficulties would occur in human reproductive cloning, and those liabilities make it extremely unwise to experiment with the procedure...
Even more important, the ethical implications of such a procedure have hardly been explored. Issues of commodification and individuality, issues that touch every person in the most fundamental way, have yet to be engaged by the public to any considerable extent. There is no social consensus on human reproductive cloning and the debate has not even begun. It would be morally irresponsible of any scientist to create a human clone before politicians, philosophers, and religious leaders have a chance to digest and discuss these issues...
...named cc is a cutie, but there are millions of cuties in animal shelters begging for love. It was sensible of you to note that "given that more than 5 million unwanted cats are destroyed each year, it's hard to justify spending tens of thousands of dollars to clone a new one. Why not just adopt?" Who needs cc when there are so many originals out there and not enough homes for them all? EILEEN K. BLAU Mayaguez, Puerto Rico...