Thanks, But We'll Just Get Ours Off the Rack

This newswire story reports that some watchdog groups are protesting recently published research demonstrating what may be the first time scientists genetically altered a human embryo. The scientist leading the study, Zev Rosenwaks at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, says that the work centered around stem cells and that the embryo in question was chosen because it was abnormal and could never actually have developed into a viable baby.