AccordingtoanEnglishnewspaperscientistscouldbegincloninghumanembryosinBritainin2001.ItisunderstoodthatthegovernmenthasalreadyagreedtouseFrankenstein’stechnologybelievingthebenefitsaremoreimportantthanet
AccordingtoanEnglishnewspaperscientistscouldbegincloninghumanembryosinBritainin2001.ItisunderstoodthatthegovernmenthasalreadyagreedtouseFrankenstein’stechnologybelievingthebenefitsaremoreimportantthanethical(伦理的)concerns.ResearchersthinkitwillbepossibletogrowbraintissuetocurethediseasesthatarelikelytogetworseastimepasseslikeAlzheimer’sandproduce“sparepart”organslikeheartsandkidneysfortransplant(移植).
Ministersareawarethatthechangeinthelawwillbeascontroversialasthelawwhichlegalizedabortion(堕胎)morethan30yearsago.Somepoliticiansreactedangrilyarguingthatthegovernmenthadalreadymadeupitsmindwithoutdiscussion.Churchleadersandanti-abortioncampaignershavelongexpressedtheirhorrorattheplansarguingthateventheearliestembryosareformsofhumanlife.Theybelievethatgettinganembryofromcellsismorallyunacceptable.Anditwillalsocauseargumentsabouthowfarscientistsshouldinterferewithnatureandleadtoaccusationsthatthey are“playingGod”.
Thecloningofhumanembryostoprovidesparepartsisregardedbymostexpertstobethemostimportantstepforwardinthe21stcenturymedicine.ScientistssaytreatmentofdiseasessuchasAlzheimer’sandParkinson’swillbethefirstapplicationofcloning.TheabilitytocloneembryoswasfirstachievedbyscientistsinScotlandinthelate1990sandnowtheabilitytogrowstemcellsintotissuesandorgansisbeingdevelopedbyAmericanresearchers.Combiningthetwotechnologieswillmeananendtolongwaitsfororgansfromdonorsandproblemscausedbyrejection(排异反应)oftransplantedtissuesbythebody.
IanWilmutthemanwhoclonedDollythesheephaswarnedthatBritishexpertswillgotoAmericawheresuchworkislegalifthegovernmentdoesnotpermitit.
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