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...Or denied payment from our insurance because it is milk and they don't pay for nutritional supplements. Poor Joe young would be out of luck!!! :-) Charlie Barbara Mallut wrote: > > 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. -- CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. Middleton, WI [log in to unmask]