JGanong@webtv.net (James Ganong) writes:
> The May issue of Esquire has a 12 page
> special on the increasing likelihood of physical immortality. It states
> that a 40
> year old of today has a pretty good chance of catching the wave. The
> article references Kurzweil, a few of the headline grabbing biotech
> breakthroughs (including a claim of human cloning in S Korea in
> December 98--familiar to anyone?)
Someone else mentioned this "human cloning" as well. See http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_276000/276090.stm for a skeptical report from February 9 of this year:
: Serious doubt has been cast on the claim of the first cloned human embryo, : made by Korean scientists last December. : : The Korean Medical Association has produced a 10-page report which : suggests that the cloning may not have been properly carried out. It : even suggests that it may not have been done at all.
Hal