. And I (obviously)
>didn't know enough about it to know it would take 20 years or so to "grow" a
>cloned human being (unduly influenced by science fiction, I guess). So should
>we go on with research toward the "okay" applications while still mulling
>over the potential bad applications and trying to decide what to do, how to
>limit those? That's a possibility; thats the way I'm leaning just now; I'm
>still thinking, never a bad thing to do. :-)
>
>Barbara
It would not take 20 years to clone a human --just the usual 9
months! What I meant was that while a sheep might be ready for "harvesting"
organs in 6 mos -- there is no way a 6 mos old human heart could be
transplanted in some old guy/gal who smoked their's into a non functioning
mess. I am not sure about other organs, and that might be a REAL problem --
but robbery is a REAL problem --so we have laws against THAT --not money.
Anyway -- I prefer not to be alarmist and hope this technology is used
positively -- not outlawed.
bryan