In article <1991Jul16.182911.5863 at mlb.semi.harris.com> rcomarow at hsscam.mis.semi.
harris.com writes:
->>Dont you think that such an experiment would be so completely unethical
->>(even in a testtube) that no one would ever try it, let alone publish
->>it? I wouldnt hold my breath on this one EVER being done, and would
->>be very shocked to hear that it had.
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->>Steve Smith
->>Harvard Genome Lab
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->Why?
->Bob
->rcomarow at hsscam.mis.semi.com
I recall, from way back in my undergraduate days 1980-84, reading
ABOUT AND DISCUSSING THIS TOPIC DURING AN EMBRYOLOGY COURSE....
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Donald A. Lehn
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I think Bob's question was as to the ethics, not the science of human/chimp
hybrids. It would be interesting to hear logical arguments as to what would
make such research unethical or ethical.
Dan Jacobson
Johns Hopkins University
danj at jhuhyg.jhu.edu
