Human cloning!!

[Lisa]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3645195.stm

 

what are your thoughts on this & do you think that it is possibly already happening??

[Louise]

shit, you beat me too it, just seen this on the news

 

will have to do a bit more reading to fully understand though

 

just seen this on the news aswell......a mouse has been cloned to have babies without the help of a male mouse.......... watch out men........we will get rid of you yet

Edited April 21, 2004 by Louise

[Phil rr]

if a woman nags and there are no men on earth to hear her, does she still make a noise?

[Guest]

QUOTE (Lisa @ Apr 21 2004, 19:02)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3645195.stm what are your thoughts on this?

as they are not creating a baby (just the embryo), i'm all for it.

 

its got to be better than testing on animals

[Guest]

QUOTE (Phil rr @ Apr 21 2004, 19:16)

if a woman nags and there are no men on earth to hear her, does she still make a noise?

hehe

[Louise]

QUOTE (Mr_Happy @ Apr 21 2004, 19:44)

QUOTE (Lisa @ Apr 21 2004, 19:02) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3645195.stm what are your thoughts on this? as they are not creating a baby (just the embryo), i'm all for it.   its got to be better than testing on animals surely if there just creating the embryo then they cant fully tell what problems could happen in life, such as mental, physical problems and medical problems????

[LiquidEyes]

QUOTE (Louise @ Apr 22 2004, 09:31)

surely if there just creating the embryo then they cant fully tell what problems could happen in life, such as mental, physical problems and medical problems????

I don't think they will be able to fully tell, but I think a lot of diseases have a unique genetic "footprint" that can be spotted early, years before the actual onset of the disease.

[Lisa]

but do we have the right to do this?? or are we playing God?? toughts on that one!!

[Alex]

I have no problems with this at all, as for the rights and wrongs, that's pretty much up to the law makers to decide. I sure wouldn't leave a decision on this subject to the uneducated masses. As for "playing god", well that's just nonsense.

[Lisa]

Well im in agreement with you Alex, if it is gonna help us eventually to better understand diseases etc, then im all for it, however there are im sure many who wi8ll disagree & say it is playing god & that although only an embryo, it is still a life in early stages!!

[Scream]

i'm for it. although say editing your baby to look better, eerr no!!

[Alex]

QUOTE (Scream @ Apr 22 2004, 10:54)

i'm for it. although say editing your baby to look better, eerr no!!

You may want to reconsider...

[Guest RickD]

QUOTE (Phil rr @ Apr 21 2004, 19:16)

if a woman nags and there are no men on earth to hear her, does she still make a noise?

Yes, but she just thinks she's talking, not nagging...

 

As for human cloning, I say let them do it...

[Guest]

the only problem i do have with this is the whole decensortising issue.

once we get used to the idea of embryo's being cloned, then the idea of babies wont seem to radical.

 

i'm not saying thats any reason not to go ahead with this reasurch, however where do you draw the line?

[LiquidEyes]

QUOTE (Mr_Happy @ Apr 22 2004, 20:56)

once we get used to the idea of embryo's being cloned, then the idea of babies wont seem to radical.

Not sure "desensitising" comes into it (if that's what you mean)...

 

I'm sure the prospect of having to bring up your kid for the next 18 years is pretty daunting either way!