I could clone you and there's probably nothing you could do to stop me.Similarly, I could clone Einstein and as far as I know, there would be no way anyone could stop me legally.Human cloning is coming. Maybe not to a Walmart near you, but it is coming.
And by human cloning, I mean reproductive cloning, not therapeutic cloning which is a totally different cup of tea. The cloning I’m talking about is where you duplicate a human being.
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I confess.I had cancer. And stem cells might be to blame!At the relatively young age of 42, I was diagnosed with what is supposed to be anolder man’s disease: prostate cancer. How could this happen to me? It could be the fault of stem cells.No, I don’t mean some rogue stem cells created in my own lab that attacked me, but rather I’m talking about my own perhaps slightly imperfect stem cells that might have gone rogue.You see scientists are realizing that for many, but not all cancers, a unique type of stem cell called a “cancer stem cell” might be to blame.
I confess.I hadcancer. And stemcells might be to blame!At therelatively young age of 42, I was diagnosed with what is supposed to be anolder man’s disease: prostate cancer. How couldthis happen to me? It is probably thefault of stem cells, I figure.No, I don’tmean some rogue stem cells created in my own lab that attacked me, but rather I’mtalking about my own perhaps slightly imperfect stem cells that might have gonerogue.You seescientists are realizing that for many, but not all cancers, a unique type ofstem cell called a “cancer stem cell” might be to blame.
