Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Tuesday

Med/Tech/Science
Clones may aid work on motor neuron disease

G:Interesting concept. A good idea actually but I wonder how accurate would be the clone. However I think it will be good tool to settle those age old "nature vs nurture" arguments. When we decide to do humans, would we face simliar arguments as to Tucker's clone in Enterprise's Similtude?

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The British scientist who created Dolly the sheep has applied for a licence to clone human embryos in the search for treatments for motor neuron disease. If approved, the research should give experts a far better picture of what happens to the dying brain cells that characterize this condition.
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