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1、Tocloneornottoclone,isthatthequestion?AnAmericanbiotechcompanyhasclaimedthatithascreatedthefirsthumanembryos(胚胎）everproducedbycloning,provokingastormofcriticismandreigniting(再点燃，重新激起）theethical（伦理的）debateaboutthepromisesanddangersofbiology’smostcontroversialnewtechnol
2、ogyADVANCEDCELLTECHNOLOGYmaybeasmall,privatelyfinancedcompanythatfewoutsidetherarefied（纯净的,稀薄的）worldofbiotechnology,andnotmanywithinit,haveeverheardof.Butwhateverelsethatcanbesaidaboutthefirm,itsmanagerscertainlyknowhowtomakeasplash（发出溅泼声）.OnNovember25th,thecompanycla
3、imedtohavecreatedthefirstclonedhumanembryos,andmadetheannouncementwithalltheskillofaHollywoodpublicist（时事评论员;新闻发布官员）.ItpublisheditsresultsnotinamajorscientificjournalsuchasNatureorScience,butinanobscureonlinejournalcallede-biomed:TheJournalofRegenerativeMedicine,which
4、manyleadingmedicalscientistsdon’tread.Tomakesurethatthewiderworldpaidattention,thethreescientistsbehindtheexperimentswroteadramaticfirst-personaccountoftheirresearchforScientificAmerican,apopularjournalforlay（外行）readers,andtheyseemtohavegivenathoroughadvancedbriefingt
5、oUSNews&WorldReport,amass-marketnewsmagazine,whichportrayedthethreeasintrepid（勇猛无畏的）pioneers,andevendescribedoneofthem,RobertLanza,“asthelivingembodimentofthecharacterplayedbyMattDamoninthemovieGoodWillHunting”.Notjustscientificpioneers;Hollywoodheart-throbs（心跳，情人）tob
6、oot.Despiteallthis,theannouncementimmediatelyprovokedastormofprotest.PresidentGeorgeBushdeclaredthat“theuseofembryostocloneiswrong.Weshouldnotasasocietygrowlifetodestroyit.Andthat’sexactlywhat’stakingplace.”TheVatican（梵蒂冈,罗马教廷）joinedin,sayingthatthefirm’sannouncement“
7、calledforunequivocal（明确的，不含糊的）condemnation”.TheEuropeanCommissionsaidthatitwouldneverfinanceanysimilarprojects.“Noteverythingscientificallypossibleandtechnologicallyfeasibleisnecessarilydesirableoradmissible,”observedPhilippeBusquin,thecommissionerforresearch.Thefirm’
8、sexperiments,declaredJorg-DietrichHoppe,thepresidentoftheAssociationofGermanDoctors,were“unethicalandtestifytoahorrifyinglyl
