SHUN CLONING : Scientists must speak out.

From: Commonweal | Date: May 18, 2001| Author: Murtaugh, Charles | Copyright information

Scientists say evidence is mounting "that creating healthy animals through cloning is more difficult than they had expected." So began a front-page story in the New York Times (March 25), highlighting the frustrations of animal cloners, and the chance that human cloning may prove technically impossible. Those worried about the ethics of human cloning have greeted this as good news, a sign that the slippery slope is leveling out. Unfortunately, the new obstacles may prove less than ...

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