X-Message-Number: 7793 Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 14:27:15 -0800 (PST) From: John K Clark <> Subject: Cloning opposition -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- The Washington Post reported today (March 2, 1997) that Don Wolf of the Oregon Regional Primate Center has cloned monkeys from embryo cells using techniques similar to the ones that resulted in a cloning sheep, the animals were born last August. Dr. Wolf said that is as far as he intends to go, he did not try to make a clone from an adult monkey, nor does he intend to, it's not too hard to figure out why, in the next sentence the article says that his work is federally funded. The Journal "Nature" said they were under considerable pressure not to publish the historic article on cloning, right up to the moment the presses rolled attempts were made to suppress it. Fortunately Nature has guts and did not cave in, they even put the entire article on the Web, you can read it at http://www.nature.com./ Our old friend Jeremy Rifkin said there should be an immediate worldwide ban on cloning and that the penalty for violation should "be on a par with murder". A poll taken by ABC news says that 87% of Americans think cloning should be banned, 6% would like to be cloned. I'm not too worried because I think it's politicians not Scientists who are guilty of hubris if they think they can stop this technology. For the first time I found something that an "ethicist", the lowest form of human life, said that I could agree with; to quote Ronald Munson, "The technology is not, in principle policeable [...] These are relatively standard labs. That's the amazing thing about biotechnology. It's fundamentally quite feasible". Unlike Munson I am not appalled by this, I am delighted. John K Clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.i iQCzAgUBMxn6wn03wfSpid95AQFwCQTvbvWznFxV7gZAChKFy6rMvqk2ku+DhCei fK/U25UzH9Zw/ka44J5NYmkus1voxXmD+5p+XDHU2uOgBiB2VPsdJ/u9Urg/MUNd mroYto/1sqE0CtNo6shFruXA3fMsyeQwQ+RIZvaXmxgQ4cM+ThPcm6xMg+s7VeFs TwtSfV4WO9+h14u7wspoNwG02iL9Yee0V/3T6LE1r/in5x8X918= =6qXs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7793