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I had this horrible nightmare that in cloned cows milk, a cure for PD will be discovered very soon. HOWEVER, because it can only be effective if a whole lotta milk from these cloned cows is ingested each day by the PWP, WE will be denied the right to be cured by the FDA because of the possibility of a rise in our respective cholesterol levels!! YIKES!! THAT would be just LIKE the FDA!! Barb Mallut [log in to unmask], ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Judith Richards Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 11:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Praise, Condemnation on Cow Cloning It would seem we can't win for losing ... 01/21/1998 06:43 EST Praise, Condemnation on Cow Cloning By ALISON FITZGERALD -- Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Animal scientists offered congratulations. Animal-rights groups offered condemnations. The reactions came after scientists announced Tuesday they had developed a technique for cloning genetically customized calves able to produce medicines for humans in their milk. Drs. Steven Stice and James Robl presented their research on the second day of an International Embryo Transfer Society conference. Other researchers said the calves mark the most viable step so far toward "pharming," the development of pharmaceuticals usingfarm animals. "We're working in the same area toward the same goal," said Dr. Will Eyestone, with PPL Therapeutics in Blacksburg, Va. Animal rights activists were troubled by that goal. "We condemn all who engage in cloning or genetic engineering both human and animal cells for the alleged purpose of furthering pure science," the Massachusetts chapter of Earth First! said in a statement. "The cloning of living cells steps beyond the field of science and into the realm of creation." Hundreds of miles away, 13 pregnant cows are waiting to give birth to cloned calves at a ranch near College Station, Texas. Six will be identical to George and Charlie, the cloned calves born last week. The rest are females, which is where the real payoff will come. <snip> Copyright 1998 Associated Press. All rights,reserved.