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Monday November 25, 2002



DOLLY SCIENTIST APPLIES TO CLONE HUMANS


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EDINBURGH, November 25, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Professor Ian Wilmut, the
lead scientist in the creation of Dolly the sheep, is applying to Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for permission to clone human embryos.

A panel of experts has already recommended "limited" use of so-called "therapeutic" cloning - cloning technology aimed at producing medical treatments but morally no different from any other manipulation and destruction of embryonic human life.

Wilmut wants a licence to fertilize human ova without the use of sperm - a process called "parthenogenesis," a process that may not be covered by existing regulations because the resulting cells do not fit the official definition of human embryos.

For BBC coverage see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2510055.stm

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