This just in… the BBC is reporting that apparently clone #2 has just been born.
Sect says second cloned baby born. The group which says it has produced the first cloned human being announces that a second such baby has been born.
Doug Saunders, in this morning’s Globe and Mail, echoes my point of view on cloning exactly. "It’s a medical prodedure that is unlikely to be used by more than a few people, but with great humanitarian benefits." We have close friends in very similar circumstances to his fictional Arthur and Maryam.
Wired on the media coverage around Clonaid. "Everybody loves a story about sex, Martians and weirdness."
Clonaid: Birth of a Media Menace?. As the public awaits evidence substantiating the claim that a woman associated with an obscure religious group has given birth to a cloned baby, scientists and journalists worry that extensive media coverage of the story has hurt their professional credibility. By Kristen Philipkoski.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
