Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Seven reasons to be wary of British scientists’ call for expert body to advise on animal-human hybrids

Christian Medical Comment: Seven reasons to be wary of British scientists’ call for expert body to advise on animal-human hybrids: Using an animal as a biological factory to produce human proteins or as a living laboratory to examine the behaviour of human cancer cells is one thing. Such research is limited in scope and has a specific human benefit in mind. But enhancing an animal with uniquely human characteristics in order to produce a new trans-species organism for other purposes is something altogether different.
So what concerns should we have about this new development?

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