Send in the clones

I hope they got the percentages backward!

Is this OK? Are there any boundries that are proper to apply in this
arena? At what point does "we ought not" come into play?







LONDON - Scientists in Britain have applied for a license to create
hybrid embryos using human cells and animal eggs for stem cell research
to develop new treatments for diseases such as Parkinson's, stroke and
Alzheimer's.

The researchers from Kings College London and the North East England
Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) submitted the application to the Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), a regulatory body that
oversees embryo research and fertility treatment.

If the application is approved, the hybrid embryo will be 99.9 percent
human and 0.1 percent animal. By using animal eggs, the scientists hope
to overcome the shortage of human eggs left over from IVF treatments,
which have been used for stem cell research.

"darylgene@aol.com" <darylgene.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote in
news:1163867517.444157.173120@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> I hope they got the percentages backward!
>
> Is this OK? Are there any boundries that are proper to apply in this
> arena? At what point does "we ought not" come into play?
>

Things were once simple, when everything that talked was a human being and
everything which did not talk was not. You may be coming to an ending of
the ways...

- Corwainer Smith, *Under Old Earth*