Asian Hunger Problem Solved?

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Asian Hunger Problem Solved?

By Rob on August 4, 2005 at 08:08 am

Not really, but I had to get an Asian dog eating joke in...

South Korea’s pioneering stem cell scientist has cloned a dog, smashing another biological barrier and reigniting a fierce ethical debate — while producing a perky, lovable puppy.

The researchers, led by Woo-Suk Hwang, insist they cloned an Afghan hound, a resplendent supermodel in a world of mutts, only to help investigate human disease, including the possibility of producing stem cells for treatment purposes.

But others immediately renewed calls for a global ban on human reproductive cloning before the technology moves any farther.

Whether you agree with these scientific practices or not, you have to admit that it's pretty neat.

Comments

Truely fair dog fights: two cloned dogs that are genetically almost identical (there is always some small variation, even among “identical” clones). It would be about as fair as they can get...no betting handicaps necessary!

likwidshoe on August 4, 2005 at 09:09 am

Michael Savage made the exact same dog-eating joke yesterday!

Dave on August 4, 2005 at 11:09 am

Michael Savage made the exact same dog-eating joke yesterday!

Damn! I honestly didn’t steal that one from him, but then again, it was probably a pretty easy joke to come up with.

Andrew on August 4, 2005 at 01:09 pm

the South Korean team only obtained three pregnancies from more than 1,000 embryo transfers into 123 recipients.

Of these, one miscarried and one died soon after birth; only Snuppy remains.

I think this whole issue is kinda sick. I’m sure somewhere, in some secret place, there are people attempting to clone humans, but you end up with many, many failures and a lot of “fetus” deaths. I don’t think it’s a road we should travel down…

Sphagnum on August 4, 2005 at 01:09 pm

In Lao, the slang term for dog meat translates to “village deer”. That just cracks me up for some reason.

Seth Williams on August 4, 2005 at 08:08 pm

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