Saturday, January 26, 2002

categories: Medical/Health Scientists develop cloning alternative. US scientists claim to have found an way to use gene cloning to develop new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's without using human embryos. [BBC News: sci/tech] iSay - Another step in a good direction. Cloning scares the hell out of me. Maybe I'm a product of scary sci/fi movies like The Blob, so what. This cloning, especially human cloning just smells bad. There are way to many negatives to the human race (new sicknesses, undesirable mutations, racial extinction, etc.) when this starts to be commercialized. We should stop all human cloning now.   12:42:12 PM    comment

categories: Medical/Health Blair: Problems With Health System. Britain's National Health Service provides excellent care to the majority of its patients despite instances of poor treatment and unacceptably long waiting times for some patients, Prime Minister Tony Blair said. [AP World News]   12:18:12 PM    comment