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AMA Releases Stance on Cloning

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... _cloning_5

I don't really have any problem with cloning, though I'm sure that some of you will be very against it. Specifically, cloning for research, as the AMA is talking about advocating, is a good thing in my opinion. What do you all think?
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For research and tissue farming, yes.


As a general practice, this is by far the most dangerous advance since the first atomic bomb.

Cloning = less diversity = increased impact of genetically-targeted problems of all sorts. Ask the corn farmers what happens when a new strian of blight hits their crops these days.


Less diversity is incredibly bad, potentially species killing bad. Very, very bad.
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Fallanthas wrote:For research and tissue farming, yes.


As a general practice, this is by far the most dangerous advance since the first atomic bomb.

Cloning = less diversity = increased impact of genetically-targeted problems of all sorts. Ask the corn farmers what happens when a new strian of blight hits their crops these days.


Less diversity is incredibly bad, potentially species killing bad. Very, very bad.
I'm sure a 5th generation flawed clone of corky from Life Goes On would still have more to offer society than you do, so I don't think your opinion on genetic diversity carries much weight.
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ahh. If only the world could be blessed with 2 kyoukans.

What a wonderful blissful place it would be.
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Post by Fallanthas »

On the other hand, they could figure out a way to bottle that angst you carry around, then clone your gimp ass and solve the energy problems of all third world countries.


Now, did you want to comment on the topic or throw more shit at the windows?
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SHIT AT THE WINDOWS!!1!!1 SHIT AT THE WINDOWS!@!!!
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Post by Kelgar »

But, but, but..."human beings start with 2 cells"!!!1!

I wonder if the stupid fuck religious fanatics will protest via bombing stem cell research facilities and/or killing the doctors that work there.
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Post by Krimson Klaw »

Clone technology could be very beneficial to the human race, could save countless lives. No more organ donor waiting lists, or ebay kidney auctions for 100k getting yanked down, or doctors drugging patients, stealing their kidneys, then booting them to the curb like in Scare Tactics!
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Our hospital network is forced to get it's stem cells from France and Belgium because people keep fighting this. Still doesn't stop the research but it costs a whole lot more as a result.
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Chidoro wrote:Our hospital network is forced to get it's stem cells from France and Belgium because people keep fighting this. Still doesn't stop the research but it costs a whole lot more as a result.
Freedom stem cells? In pure Americans?! Blasphemy!
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Love it or hate it, cloning is not going to go away. We have opened Pandora's Box. There is no going back now. The implications are myriad and far reaching. We could be living through a time where we are sowing the seeds of our own downfall, or perhaps the very beginnings of a legacy. This could be one of the most significant turning points in human history. But, for better or for worse? Only time will tell.
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Post by masteen »

Cloning is possibly the best scientific advancement ever made.

Imagine if transplant patients didn't have to wait for a donor to die to get the organ they need. People that lose a limb in an accident wouldn't have to be crippled for the rest of their lives. The blind might even be able to see if we're able to advance to cloning neural tissue.

Superman might even walk again.
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Post by Chidoro »

We can replace spinal cords now?
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Not yet, but someday maybe...
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They've been saying recently that spinal cord damage is not as irreperable as once thought and been making some progress in the area I think.
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Post by Marbus »

I think it's a good thing but like any new technology it can be used for good or ill. I just hope we are ready to use it correctly, I'm all about life, I think of all the lives that could be saved or bettered... that's a good thing!

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