Re: Dolly and beyond

Ethel Tobach (tobach who-is-at amnh.org)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 11:05:56 -0400

Sorry not to be able to enter into the fun of this exchange...I see the imminence of a new form of eugenices in all this and this frightens me.  Ethel



At 04:22 PM 6/11/99 +0100, you wrote:
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June 10 =97 Imagine taking a drug that offers the promise of allowing you to live to be 180 =97 without suffering such crippling disabilities as arthritis or fatigue. That may no longer be the stuff of science fiction, thanks to new studies in genetics. While the work has so far only be done in worms, there is every reason to think it may be applicable to humans.
Of course, by the time they've tested this on humans=A0to see whether it works, we'll all be dead anyhow.
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Bruce