Buena serra from bella Tuscana. I have noticed that much has been happening with the issues we cover. In Brave New Britain, the “we never say no” regulators have approved human-animal cloned chimera embryos and are offering women half off of IVF to “donate” their eggs for use in cloning research.
An assisted suicide initiative is brewing in Washington State.
Adult stem cell research is continuing to progress and another ESCR company has called it quits.
But I am living la dolce vita and these and other dicussions can wait (or Secondhand Smokette will kill me: I am under strict orders to relax.)
So, ciao for now. Thanks for your continued interest in my views and our dicussions here at Secondhand Smoke.
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