Jon -
Thanks to you & Harry for info. This doesn't seem to have gotten much
play in the US. As for my expression of doubts on political grounds, maybe
this just shows how effective bans on government funding for such work are.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
"The Science-Theology Interface"
Jonathan Clarke wrote:
> 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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