Hi John,

I whole heartedly agree that stem-cell research does show great promise.  I do have a problem with their exploitation of people like Michael J. Fox and others, when they know that any possible help for diseases like Parkinson's Disease are years, if not decades away.  But the, that's politics.

If they can find methods by which to do the research without sacrificing Innocent Lives, then I'm all for proceeding, as rapidly as possible.  It is important to note that science is not standing still at the present. Without taking this step, science is leaping forward. Enormous advances are being made through non-embryonic stem cell research, as this is where all the cures are being found. Also, research methodologies are being developed to produce embryo-quality stem cells, without growing an actual embryo for a couple of weeks just to harvest it. See here and here for more details.

Thanks again for such a lively discussion.

Have A Great Weekend,

Phil 

John, you're so good at throwing out excellent topics to discuss!

I think cloning sounds a little too much like Brave New World (novel by Alduous Huxley).  Joe had some really good comments about the issue.  As far as his boss wanting to clone him, well I don't know if the world is ever going to be ready for that  ;-)

I am totally in support of stem cell research.  When I worked as an oncology nurse I had the opportunity to care for people who would have their own stem cells stored for them so that their bodies could fight the side effects of chemotherapy more successfully, and I saw some pretty miraculous stuff. 

As far as using embryos, if the choice is to destroy them when they are no longer useful in the fertility clinics or use them for research, I say use them for research.  However, I believe we can make the same great strides by using different methods, also. 

Okay John you ask for it  here is the rest of the story

This is the only cloning I beleive  in ! Yep  This is it

 click on this and enjoy...

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Hi Jannette

Great yarn, lol. Did you know that married men are like parking spaces? All the good ones are gone.

I see by the picture that you've cloned me already  :-)  Actually, I was that ugly at birth, the doctor slapped my mother!