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In article <CpyAuy.BLH@hippo.ru.ac.za> g92m2571@hippo.ru.ac.za (John A. McKane) writes:
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>From: g92m2571@hippo.ru.ac.za (John A. McKane)
>Subject: Bioethics Questionnaire: READ THIS PLEASE!!
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>Organization: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
>Date: Tue, 17 May 1994 14:28:09 GMT
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>Research Essay Questionnaire.

>I am a Third Year Systematic Theology student and in the process of
>researching Bioethics in this new Bionic Age we find ourselves in. I would
>appreciate it if you could please answer these simple questions as honestly
>as possible.

>Occupation:   Graduate Research Assistant (in a Medical School)

>(1)  If it were possible, would you want to take a genetic test telling you
>     which diseases you are likely to suffer from later in life?

>     

>(2)  If any defects were found, and they could be fixed, would you want
>     that?

>     __________


>(3)  If you or your spouse were pregnant, would you want the unborn child
>     tested for genetic defects?

>     __________

>(4)  If any defects were found, and they could be fixed, would you want
>     that?

>     __________


>(5)  Do you think human cloning is a good thing?

>    

For the four above questions the answer should be obvious for everyone.  
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  As for the rest of these questions...Come on!  What are 
you expected.  Intelligent answers from a scientific community on the 
possibility of events that are not even within our grasp.  For example,  what 
is cloning.  I think you people have been watching to much Star Trek and Deep 
Space Nine.  Do you really think that we can take a tissue sample from a human 
or any other animal for that matter, place it in a tank and apply specific 
chemicals or electrically signals to tigger the myriad of events necessary to 
regulate the development of an organism???  I would imagine that we (as 
scientists) are barely scratching the surface to understanding the controls in 
cells that generate this developmental cascade.  Not to mention, other 
incredible processes such as aging.  IF this technology exists please, 
someone let me know.  

If I were you I would read more on the subject of medical benefits and 
technology, then significantly rewrite and reword your questions.

>(6)  Would you like to have been a clone?

>     __________


>(7)  Do you think medical research on cloning should be allowed to continue?

>     __________


>(8)  If you conceived a child, might you be interested in cloning the
>     embryo?

>     __________


>(9)  Do you think human cloning is morally/ethically wrong?

>     __________


>(10) Do you think it goes against God's will?

>     __________


>(11) Do you think human cloning should be completely legal?

>     __________


>What are your thought on the scientific discipline of genetic engineering in
>general? [ie. in vitro fertilisation, cloning, cryonics, gene manipulation,
>gene transplantation, to name a few among many]

>Thank you in advance for you feed-back.

>John A. McKane
>Systematic Theology III
>Rhodes University

>e-mail replies to:  g92m2571@giraffe.ru.ac.za
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