Firm that cloned embryo received US grant

www.boston.com ^ | 11/29/2001 | By Denise Gellene and Elizabeth Mehren Los Angeles Times

[It'salmosttolate]

The Massachusetts company condemned by the Bush administration for its efforts to clone a human embryo received a federal grant last month to conduct biotechnology research.

Advanced Cell Technology's human cloning experiments set off a national controversy last week that is renewing demands that Congress ban all cloning of human cells.

[jungleboy]

The Clintonista Criminal Commerce Dept. rearing its ugly head again (of course, cowardly gop did nothing).

[jraven]

Now they're cloning singers. The first one: Rosemary Cloney.

[MHGinTN]

Well, let's see, if the company goes to work on fusing the nuclear material from a particularly fine bovine specimen, and succeeds, at what point do they consider they've started the new clone on its lifetime, such that they will protect the newly conceived embryonic life all the way through birth from a momma cow? ... Oh really! Does that mean it is the clone animal from conception onward? ... Ahhh, but human animals only begin being human at some point after several weeks or months from conception. Yeah, I've been told humans are special, somehow above the rest of the animal kingdom, but I did realize ...