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1、完美.格式.编辑Unit4CloningandEthicsPassage ANot Now, Dr. MiracleSeverinoAntinoriisarichItaliandoctorwithastringofprivatefertilityclinicstohisname.HelikeswatchingfootballandclaimstheCatholicfaith.YettheVaticanisnofanofhisscience.Inhisclinics,AntinorialreadyofferseveryIVFtreatmentunderth

2、esun,butstilltherearecoupleshecannothelp.SonowthemanItalianscallDrMiracleisofferingtoclonehispatientstocreatethebabiestheysodesperatelywant.Andofcourseit'screatedquiteastir,withotherscientistsroundingonAntinoriasreligiousleaderslineuptoattackhiscloningplanasaninsulttohumandignity

3、.Yetit'sanambitionAntinorihasexpressedmanytimesbefore.What'snewisthatfinallyitseemstobebuildingaheadofsteam.Like-mindedscientistsfromtheUShavejoinedAntinoriinhiscloningadventure.AtaconferenceinRomelastweektheyclaimedhundredsofcoupleshavealreadyvolunteeredfortheexperiments.Antinor

4、ishottofamesevenyearsagohelpinggrandmothersgivebirthusingdonoreggs.Laterhepioneeredtheuseofmicetonurturethespermofmenwithpoorfertility.Heisclearlynoordinaryscientistbutashowmanwhothrivesoncontroversyandpushingreproductivebiologytothelimits.Andthatofcourseisonereasonwhyhe'sseenasb

5、eingsodangerous.However,hisideaofusingcloningtocombatinfertilityisnotasmadasitsounds.Manypeoplehaveahardjobseeingthepointofreproductivecloning.Butforsomecouples,cloningrepresentstheonlyhopeofhavingachildcarryingtheirgenes,andscientistslikeAntinoriareprobablyrighttosaythatmuchofou

6、roppositiontocloningasafertilitytreatmentisirrational.Infuturewemaywanttochangeourmindsandallowitinspecialcircumstances.Butonlywhenthescienceisready.Andthat'stherealproblem.FiveyearsonfromDolly,thescienceofcloningisstillstuckinthedarkages.Thefailurerateisashocking97percentanddefo

7、rmedbabiesalltoocommon.Evenwhencloningworks,nobodyunderstandswhy.Soforgetthecomplexmoralarguments.Tobegincloningpeoplenow,beforeeventhemostbasicquestionshavebeenanswered,issimplyawasteoftimeandenergy.专业.资料.整理完美.格式.编辑ThisisnottosaythatAntinoriwillfail,onlythatifhesucceedsitislikel

8、ytobeatanunacceptablyhighprice.Hundredso