So, at least in the US, there are no creations of embryos in the labs for harvesting purposes; I don't even think they're allowed to clone the cells after they've been removed, which would allow them to stop relying *on* embryos quite so much, but one step at a time.
You're absolutely right -- that's the compromise, at least for the present. My understanding is that the first human cloning (with subsequent stem cell removal) was done in North Korea early this year. There are a bunch of different bills in different stages in Congress right now -- some would ban cloning for both reproductive and therapeutic purposes, some do this and would also ban any therapies derived from cloning in other countries to come into the U.S., some would allow cloning of embryos for thereaputic stem cell research.
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Date: 2004-10-09 02:42 pm (UTC)You're absolutely right -- that's the compromise, at least for the present. My understanding is that the first human cloning (with subsequent stem cell removal) was done in North Korea early this year. There are a bunch of different bills in different stages in Congress right now -- some would ban cloning for both reproductive and therapeutic purposes, some do this and would also ban any therapies derived from cloning in other countries to come into the U.S., some would allow cloning of embryos for thereaputic stem cell research.