> Larry wrote: > From materials and equipment, there is a very large amount of government > oversight. So much so that I very much doubt that a company could get away > with anything significantly unethical
That doesn't pass the sniff test. I guess I have a hard time believing that NatalCorp is going to ask to purchase the size 4 embryo maker. If the equip is available for purchase on the open market then where's the regulation? Let's say you have to apply for it ... big deal, you lie. And how far can the hand of government reach? Maybe to the reception area, but that's about it assuming they would even have the staff to do that which I don't think they do. I guarantee you there's companies running experiments right now that, at a minimum, we'd call morally questionable. So I dunno ... maybe. I'm sure (I hope!) there's culture of ethics but these things get tricky ... it's pretty easy to write off a few cells as not human. And then what about ownership? What if the "owners" of those cells give written permission? I dunno ... seems pretty grey to me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291846 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
