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...years ago with Francis Crick of DNA?s double helix was the inspiration for the three-day talkfest, showed that even at age 74, he could be as feisty as ever. When ethicist Daniel Callahan insisted that bioscientists didn?t absolutely need embryonic stem cells in their quest to cure certain intractable ailments, Watson roared from his seat: ?That?s crap.? Stunned into momentary silence, Callahan eventually replied that maybe scientists could use them under certain circumstances, ?but I?d hold my nose...
QUICK VOTE Would you support human cloning if it would help cure diseases such as Alzheimer...
...disease is no better now that it was when her mother died of it in 1978. That?s at least partly because, she said, drug companies aren?t interested in developing ?orphan drugs? for diseases with a relatively low incidence of occurrence. Thus, without the prospect of a cure, few people get tested for the gene. And if they do, they face the added burden of possibly being denied health insurance should the test turn out to be positive. Her message: new social policies are badly needed to protect such people...
QUICK VOTE Would you support human cloning if it would help cure diseases such as Alzheimer...
QUICK VOTE Would you support human cloning if it would help cure diseases such as Alzheimer...