Harvard is going to get into the field of human cloning: creating human embryos for the purpose of stem-cell research that will kill them.Harvard is going to get into the field of human cloning Although genes are recognized as influencing behavior and cognition, "genetically identical" does not mean altogether identical; identical twins, despite being natural human clones with near identical DNA, are separate people, with separate experiences and not altogether : creating human embryos for the purpose of stem-cell research Noun 1. stem-cell research - research on stem cells and their use in medicine biological research - scientific research conducted by biologists embryonic stem-cell research - biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine that will kill them. News coverage of Harvard's announcement has included the usual obfuscation ob·fus·cate tr.v. ob·fus·cat·ed, ob·fus·cat·ing, ob·fus·cates 1. To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand: "A great effort was made . . . . Some reporters have avoided the word "cloning" in favor of the phrase "somatic cell nuclear transfer Noun 1. somatic cell nuclear transfer - moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another nuclear transplantation, SCNT, somatic cell nuclear transplantation biological research - scientific research conducted by biologists ," and others have left it unclear that human embryos will be created by this transfer and killed afterward. Because some kinds of stem-cell research on human embryos poll well, Republicans have been wary of taking on any stem-cell research. But the public is still against cloning, and still against the deliberate creation of human embryos for research purposes, when the act is described in either of those ways. An industry in human cloning may develop in this country, but there is no good reason to be resigned to that outcome. |
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