Whew! Scientific misconduct is not a pretty sight, but I confess to some relief that we won't be seeing human clones any time real soon. One of each of us is plenty, thanks. And I was not looking forward to realizing Ishigura's vision of people raised solely to be organ donors....
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January 13, 2006
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Well, what about tissues raised in vitro from those stem cells we're that much further from obtaining, that would be used as organ donors (or patches, or fixes)? Scientists in the field were aiming for the most part at more realizable and useful goals such as this example, and we're disappointed by the discredit on all stem cell research by the Korean group. Not to mention the loss of confidence by the taxpayers who underwrite our funding, be it in stem cell science or other fields.
Posted by: Heather | January 17, 2006 at 11:10 AM