01.17.07
Is 99% Human, Human?
Every great technological advance is a trade off, but none are without cost and it should always be remembered that some changes are irrevocable. Scientists want to create the hybrid embryos that would be around 99.9 per cent human and 0.1 per cent animal in order to produce embryonic stem cells - the body’s basic building blocks that can grow into all other types of cells. Please understand, I am not one of these ideaologs that opposes stem cell research on religious grounds. In fact, I don’t oppose it at all. I’m just saying lets look over the horizon at where we are going here.