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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (6683)	8/5/2001 12:33:26 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 74559

Wow. Great questions. -eom-

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (6683)	8/5/2001 12:34:59 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

>>Can a viable human be completely reproduced using only the genetic content of his/her cells? << The discussion preceding this question (stem cell research) rages at the moment in Germany: to be honest, my head is swimming from it. As a hint at how complex (morally, ethically and socially) this question is, the first and the least (!!!) offensive answer: yes, it's quite possible and feasible, provided it an identical-twin brother-and-sister pair... Note that incest as one of most ancient stop signs in humans. I feel there's decisions being made at the moment that I may not like down the road. So Ill have to force myself to do some reading. >>The alternative would be that vitally necessary symbiotes..<< Huh? The sentence is either incomplete or Im missing the context. >>In particular, could a sterile robotic colonization starship clone viable humans from only human cells? << Whatever would come out of it, would follow a radical new path (in time span of few kiloyears). We're just a part of an organism called Earth and giving us (or anybody/anything else) a different context, makes it different - eventually, unavoidably. dj