It is a key component of the international effort to co-operate in research rather than compete,

[Professor Wilmut explained that he regularly phones Jinky.] When a friend is ill, you normally ask 'How are you?' But with ALS, I have learned not to do that. When I last asked Jimmy, he said ... He had already lost his legs. Just think for a moment about the implications of that.

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,

I am sure that they did make good steps forward and derive cell lines.

I personally have still not heard a potential use of this technique, to produce a new person, that I would find ethically acceptable, ... ...on that basis, I hope that you're wrong.

We would welcome any rules for an international agreement of any kind to prohibit this work. I think you shouldn't underestimate the difficulties of this research,