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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food
and Drug Administration has a
warning for the Chicago physicist
who wants to clone a human: The
agency will shut down anyone who
tries without its permission.
Richard Seed’s cloning plans have
sparked a public outcry and a race by
Congress and more than a dozen
states to ban cloning. With the FDA
filling what critics had called a regu
latory vacuum, scientists say law
makers should take more time to en
sure vaguely worded anti-cloning
bills do not also ban lifesaving med
ical research.
“It’s been a public and media
assumption that there is nothing
on the books that would even slow
or stop Dr. Seed,’’ Carl Feldbaum
of the Biotechnology Industry Or
ganization, which represents
biotechnologists involved in
cloning research, said. FDA inter
vention “creates at least some
breathing space.”
FDA investigators plan to make
clear to Seed that federal regula
tions require he file for FDA ap
proval to attempt cloning — per
mission highly unlikely.
“We’re not only able to move,
we’re prepared to move,” said Dr.
Michael Friedman, FDA’s acting
commissioner, noting the agency
can go to court to stop unautho
rized cloning attempts.
“The scientific issues are far
from clear and... there are some sig
nificant ethical concerns that have
to be dealt with,” Friedman said,
noting that the first cloning success
— the Scottish sheep Dolly — took
277 tries. For safety reasons, “we’re
more interested in the 277 failures
than in the success.”
i “The scientific
■■■■■■■■I
issues are far
from clear and...there are some
significant ethical concerns that j
have to be dealt with”
MICHAEL FRIEDMAN
FDA ACTING COMMISSIONER
Seed did not return a call for
comment, but has said he plans to
clone a person within 18 months.
A physicist, Seed has no med
ical degree, no laboratory backing
and little money, so scientists are
not taking him seriously. But
President Clinton urged Congress
to ban human cloning, congres
sional leaders have pledged quick
action after they return next
week, and bills are pouring into
state legislatures.
Scientists say broadly worded
bills already pending in Congress
would ban cloning-related research
that could one day grow replace
ment organs, mend spinal-cord in
juries and better treat infertility. The
key, they say, is banning only baby
making by cloning.
“One man who’s on the fringe has
drawn a lot of attention in Washing
ton and state capitals,” Dr. Benjamin
Younger of the American Society for
Reproductive Medicine said. “If they
are going to do this, come up with
legislation that bans cloning but pro
tects research.”
But scientists' biggest alarm came
from Florida, where a bill proposed
making any cloning of human DNA
a felony — even though cloning hu
man genetic material is standard
practice in genetics research, the
making of critical medicines and
even police DNA fingerprinting.
The bill was withdrawn after its
authors “realized this would have
stopped biomedical research in
Florida in its tracks,” Feldbaum said.
After Dolly’s creation last year.
Clinton proposed a narrow ban: a
five-year moratorium on creating
humans through “somatic cell nu
clear transfer technology,” the Dol-
ly method.
That involves creating a preg
nancy solely by replacing an egg
cell’s nucleus with the nucleus of
another cell.
No lawmaker is yet sponsoring
Clinton’s bill, and Congress didn't
act last year because few members
then thought human cloning at
tempts were close.
GOP gives education leading
role in Congress’ 1998 agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hoping to wrest the offen
sive from President Clinton for this congressional
election year, Senate Republicans are ready to unveil
an education package that includes an initiative to
boost reading skills and $2.6 billion in tax breaks for
parents who save for private school tuition.
The multibillion-dollar plan will get a starring role in
the congressional leadership’s agenda for the compact
1998 session, which begins next week.
With the entire House and one-
third of the Senate facing re-election
in November, Republicans also plan
to focus on cutting taxes, revamping
the unpopular Internal Revenue Ser-
vice, fighting illegal drugs and an ac- | t
celerated effort to balance the budget
this year or next.
When Senate GOP leaders an
nounce their education proposal at a Gingrich
Tuesday news conference, it will be one
of the rare times they have grabbed for the spotlight
since Congress adjourned in mid-November.
Since then, Clinton has dominated with an-
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nouncements that he plans to balance the budget
next year, expand access to Medicare and child care
and other initiatives.
Senate Majority Leader Trent lx>tt. R-Miss., tried to
turn that to his advantage Sunday, saying on CNN's
“Late Edition” that he cannot see how to balance the
budget this year “with all these proposed increased
spending initiatives” from Clinton.
But many conservatives are already unhappy with
the agenda laid out by Lott and House Speaker Newt
Gingrich, R-Ga., and will try to force changes. They
want leaders to be less accommodating with Clinton
and aggressively pursue deeper spending cuts, whole
sale overhaul of the tax system and other issues - even
if it takes longer than the Oct. 9 adjournment target set
by House and Senate leaders.
“They’ve already decided what’s on the agenda:
meet a minimal amount of time, get out of town and
win the election,” conservative Rep. Tom Coburn, R-
Okla., said in an interview Monday.
“The planning of our leadership is to do what’s best
for Republicans, rather than what’s best for our coun
try,” he said.
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