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Raylyn, 261 words is the best I can do..... ### SCNT (aka `Therapeutic Cloning') is about saving and improving lives. It is fundamentally different from human reproductive cloning. In SCNT, the nucleus of a donor's unfertilized egg is removed and replaced with the nucleus of a patient's own somatic cells, like a skin, heart, or nerve cells. The goal of SCNT is to develop stem cells that will not be rejected or destroyed by the patient's immune system. NO sperm is used in this procedure. The unfertilized cells are not transplanted into a womb but rather are stored in a petri dish to become a source of stem cells that can be used to treat life-threatening medical conditions. SCNT aims to treat or cure patients by creating tailor-made, genetically identical cells that their bodies won't reject. In other words, SCNT could allow patients to be cured using their own DNA. There are many different kinds of cloning, most of which are commonly used medical tools. Cloning simply means making copies of a single molecule, cell, virus or bacterium. Over the last decade, various types of cloning have allowed scientists and researchers to: Develop powerful new drugs; Produce insulin and useful bacteria in the lab; Catch criminals and free innocent people. I, too, along with patient advocacy groups and leading scientists, including the National Academy of Sciences, and a huge majority of the American people oppose reproductive cloning, which aims to create human beings by cloning human embryos. But please, don't get the SCNT confused with human reproductive cloning. That would be like saying you believe in re-incarnation..... at the molecular level! ### ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rayilyn Brown" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 12:10 AM Subject: Re: Terry/reincarnation > Terry, if your explanation doesn't change any minds nothing will. I > especially liked your last paragraph....re reincarnation at the molecular > level. > > I'm having a hard time getting this info in local papers cause they limit me > to 250 words. Any chance you know how many are in this? Rayilyn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn