Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
<snip>
> > have any way to prevent this large number of failures. I am not sure what
> > the advantage of human trials for cloning would be before the technique is
> > perfected in animals. Until the safety margin is improved, I'm not sure
> > this is viable yet.
<snip>
> This is one more example, though, of the precautionary principle being
> applied. You can't get the safety margin down without experimenting, so
> saying you can't experiment until you get the safety margin down is
> simply imposing a ban by illogic.
Mike:
This is all-or-nothing thinking. "The" safety margin of _what_, specifically?
I'd suggest a specified-time moratorium on human reproductive cloning until
we have other mammals down pat.
This includes lifetime, potentially multigeneration studies with primates.
MMB
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