"Is this sort of thing which has been thought about beneficial? So that if you're asking the question, for example, "Is it appropriate to think of making a copy of a person?" You have to ask not only, "What is the benefit to the people who are asking for this to be done?" But also, "What's the impact on the child that's going to be produced?" And that last bit I think often gets missed out."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Interview at the Academy of Achievement (23 May 1998).
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ian_Wilmut
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Ian Wilmut
Sir Ian Wilmut (7 July 1944 – 10 September 2023) was an English embryologist best known as the leader of the group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal, a sheep named Dolly, from fully differentiated adult mammary cells.
5 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Ian Wilmut →
Related Quotes
"It is quite likely that it is possible, yes. But what we've said all along -- speaking for both the (Roslin) Institut…"
"Any kind of manipulation with human embryos should be prohibited."
"I'd remind you that in these experiments so far, about one quarter of the lambs that were born alive died within a fe…"
"I think the initial reason why I became interested in farming is that I wanted to be outdoors. I've always enjoyed be…"
"Tolkien has become a monster, devoured by his own popularity and absorbed into the absurdity of our time. The chasm b…"
"The Truth-Seeking Vision insists that the university’s overriding aim should be the preservation, pursuit, and promot…"
"... I was interested in cooking long before I even knew there was a computer. ... I started, I think when I was nine …"
"... Find something you really love. ... Don’t be afraid to change your mind if you find that you really love somethin…"
"Myhrvold, whose favortie adjective is "cool," does not conform to the Microsoft stereotype, although he has a master'…"
"Myhrvold first made his name in technology: he became the first chief technology officer of Microsoft after the compa…"