Re: mitochondrial engineering?

From: Jonathan Clarke (jdac@alphalink.com.au)
Date: Sat May 05 2001 - 18:25:31 EDT

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    Hi George

    It is all on the BBC (or course)

    Genetically altered babies born
    (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1312000/1312708.stm)

    Follow up stories include

    Q&A: GM babies
    (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1314000/1314147.stm)

    Couples warned over GM baby hopes
    (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1314000/1314055.stm)

    Hope this is what you are after

    Jon

    george murphy wrote:

    > Someone has told me about hearing something on NPR yesterday
    > about work having been done on artificial replacment of mitochondria in
    > a fertilized human ovum. This does not sound very plausible to me (from
    > a political, not a technological, standpoint) & if it had been done I
    > would expect it to have been a significant news item. Has anybody heard
    > of anything that might have led to such a report?
    >
    > Shalom,
    >
    > George
    >
    > George L. Murphy
    > http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
    > "The Science-Theology Interface"



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