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...nucleus, and hence the DNA, and fuse it with, say, a skin cell from the human being copied. Then, with the help of an electrical current, the reconstituted cell should begin growing into a genetic duplicate. "It's inevitable that someone will try and someone will succeed," predicts Delores Lamb, an infertility expert at Baylor University in Texas. The consensus among biotechnology specialists is that within a few years?some scientists believe a few months?the news will break of the birth of the first human clone...
...normal, or have extra-large organs or heart trouble or poor immune systems. Dolly's "mother" was six years old when she was cloned. That may explain why Dolly's cells show signs of being older than they actually are?scientists joked that she was really a sheep in lamb's clothing. This deviation raises the possibility that beings created by cloning adults will age abnormally fast...
...Similar scenes are being played out across Europe these days as panicky consumers are abandoning beef in droves and turning to what they consider safer alternatives: pork, poultry, lamb, fish and, increasingly, organic fruits and vegetables. Some adventurous souls are tucking into more exotic fare like ostrich, emu, bison and kangaroo. With certain beef products officially banned and others looked on with growing suspicion, there is a danger that some traditional European dishes, from ossobuco to côte de boeuf, may be headed for extinction. Such fears may well be exaggerated. But one thing seems certain: "mad cow" disease...
...Clearly, Europeans' flight from beef is leading them to seek alternatives. The most obvious are lamb, pork, poultry and fish, all of which have enjoyed increased sales since the latest outbreak of mad cow panic. For the truly health-conscious, however, there are potential problems with most of these alternatives. Sheep are susceptible to scrapie, a brain-destroying disease that may be the origin of bse. Mass-produced pork is bulked up with antibiotics and, illegally but not uncommonly, with hormones, while battery chickens are often similarly drugged. Though there is no indication that fish can harbor the bse prion...
...normal, or have extra-large organs or heart trouble or poor immune systems. Dolly's "mother" was six years old when she was cloned. That may explain why Dolly's cells show signs of being older than they actually are--scientists joked that she was really a sheep in lamb's clothing. This deviation raises the possibility that beings created by cloning adults will age abnormally fast...