Ian Wilmut quotes
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“I see nothing wrong ethically with the idea of correcting single gene defects through genetic engineering. But I am concerned about any other kind of intervention, for anything else would be an experiment, which would impose our will on future generations and take unreasonable chances with their welfare ... Thus such intervention is beyond the scope of consideration.”
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“It is difficult to imagine a greater imposition than adding genes to future generations that changes the nature of future people.”
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“The pressures for human cloning are powerful; but, although it seems likely that somebody, at some time, will attempt it, we need not assume that it will ever become a common or significant feature of human life.”
-- Ian WilmutSource : Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell, Colin Tudge (2001). “The Second Creation: Dolly and the Age of Biological Control”, p.298, Harvard University Press
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“It is not possible to think of a way of screening out effectively the most appropriate embryos, and hence, what we should expect would be late abortions -- either occurring spontaneously or being induced deliberately in the second or third trimester of pregnancy -- in order to prevent the birth of abnormal children.”
-- Ian WilmutSource : "Scientists blast human cloning plans". www.cnn.com. August 8, 2001.
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“Any kind of manipulation with human embryos should be prohibited.”
-- Ian WilmutSource : "Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume?". Interview with Andrew Ross, www.salon.com. February 24, 1997.
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“I think the initial reason why I became interested in farming is that I wanted to be outdoors. I've always enjoyed being outdoors. And so, I looked around and when I was at high school, probably 14 or so, my parents through friends arranged for me to be able to go work on farms on the weekend.”
-- Ian WilmutSource : Interview at the Academy of Acheivement, May 23, 1998.
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Source : "Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension". Book by Benoit Mandelbrot, 1977.
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Source : "Chairman of LVMH, Bernard Arnault". "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2005.
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“Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.”
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“Faith does not increase, nor does it decrease; because a diminution in it would be unbelief.”
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