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The Associated Press
Updated: 4:41 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2004
LONDON - Britain granted its first license for human cloning Wednesday, joining South Korea on the leading edge of stem cell research, which is restricted by the Bush administration and which many scientists believe may lead to new treatments for a range of diseases.
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The British license went to Newcastle University researchers who hope eventually to create insulin-producing cells that could be transplanted into diabetics.
South Korean scientists announced in February they had cloned an embryo and extracted the stem cells from it.
Many scientists believe stem cells hold vast promise for treating an array of diseases from diabetes to Parkinson�s. Stem cells can potentially grow into any type of human tissue and scientists hope to be able to direct the blank cells to grow into specific cell types needed for transplant.
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Stem cells can be found in adults, but scientists believe they may not be as versatile as those found in embryos. They envision using cloning to create an embryo from a patient so that stem cells extracted would be a perfect transplant match.
�Therapeutic cloning will in the immediate future be a vital tool in harnessing the power of stem cells to treat some of the major diseases which threaten humankind,� John Harris, professor of bioethics at the University of Manchester, said after the license was announced. �This decision is a signal of our society�s compassion and concern for those threatened by disease.�
Britain�s ProLife Party lamented the decision and said it was considering whether it could sue.
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Originally posted by mpeake
How long till the cloning treating disease to creating a whole new life?
Originally posted by marg6043
Originally posted by mpeake
How long till the cloning treating disease to creating a whole new life?
It will never happen, it is a fine and moral line to that.
And for my beliefs, I believe that a body can not exits on his own without a soul so cloning a human to full term will not happen and if it does the results will put religion on a death or stay alive situation.
Originally posted by crossfire
In medical terms I mean. If you clone a human - cells, DNA and all that stuff - which bit in the long list of components is the "soul"?