New Breach on Ethics

British researchers have taken one more step into an ethical and moral controversy. They have created embryos and stem cells using human cells and cow oocytes but admitted the experiments would not lead to hybrid human-animal babies, or even to direct medical therapies.

So the logical question is; why do it?

Most realistic people know that once areas like this are breached, someone sometime will attempt the next step.

The researchers said they had enucleated bovine oocytes, inserted human DNA to create a growing embryo, and then taken it apart to get embryonic stem cells. They say this is just an interim step aimed at understanding the biology of embryonic stem cells and it will open the door to a better understanding of disease processes.

Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania said "This is one of the most controversial ethical issues in all of cloning and stem cell research,"
He also noted that many people may be disgusted or frightened by such work but he doesn’t feel the fear is justified. I believe he is extremely naïve.

I believe in the sanctity of human life and admit that we will never be able to “scientifically know” everything. There are some endeavors that are morally and ethically wrong and we should acknowledge and accept them.