Word: pet
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...bruised America's relations with its allies - the EU, Russia, South Korea, Brazil, Japan, China, Taiwan and even Australia are all hopping mad and promising a fight - and left his Administration's pro-trade credibility in tatters. It also opened the door to countries like China throwing up pet barriers of their own. All in the name of about 800,000 voting steelworkers and retirees in West Virginia (and part of Pennsylvania), their unions, and their unions' congressmen...
...name the scientists behind the first cloned house pet gave their creation, a shorthaired calico that is a genetic (though not a visual) duplicate of her biological mom. Because she is so seductively cute--pulling at the same heartstrings an infant human clone would invariably tug--she lays bare the emotional subtext that has so far been missing in the great cloning debate. It's one thing to argue the merits of cloning when you're talking about uncuddly sheep, mice, cattle, goats and pigs. It's quite another when the clone is practically sitting in your lap, mewing...
...last week that a debate that began in 1997 with the cloning of Dolly the sheep took on a new urgency. Public opinion was once again split along ethical fault lines, although this time pro-cloners were joined by pet lovers and anti-cloners drew support from the A.S.P.C.A. and the Humane Society. "We must question the social purpose here," said Wayne Pacelle, senior vice president of the Humane Society's U.S. branch. "Just because you're capable of something doesn't mean you should...
...more than a mere scientific breakthrough. The news, which broke first in the Wall Street Journal, caught the eye of entrepreneurs. Each year millions of pets die in the U.S., leaving behind plenty of well-heeled owners who would be willing to pay top dollar to replace their beloved companion. Genetic Savings & Clone already offers to freeze pet DNA for future cloning, charging a one-time fee of $895 plus $100 a year for storage...
...cloner beware. Genetically reproducing a pet is not cheap. "The ones we do in the next year are going to cost five figures," says Hawthorne. Only later, when the procedures get streamlined, will costs drop. There are also technical problems. The Texas lab's 1-in-87 success rate is typical of cloning work, which can produce dozens of dead embryos for every living...