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Richard Seed

Richard Seed. An Attempt to Clone a Human. Who Is Dr. Richard Seed?. Holds a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard Made his first mark in the field of reproductive medicine in 1983 published article in JAMA proposing the transfer of a fertilized egg from a healthy woman to an unfertile woman.

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Richard Seed

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  1. Richard Seed An Attempt to Clone a Human

  2. Who Is Dr. Richard Seed? • Holds a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard • Made his first mark in the field of reproductive medicine in 1983 • published article in JAMA proposing the transfer of a fertilized egg from a healthy woman to an unfertile woman. • Since then, he has been applying reproductive technology to livestock • Dr. Seed is now an “entrepreneur”

  3. Dr. Seed’s Immodest Proposal • Wants to clone babies for infertile couples. • Good? Bad? • Here’s his plan...

  4. Dr. Seed’s Immodest Proposal • “Here’s somebody who doesn’t have the money, doesn’t have a lab, and soesn’t have anybody who can reveal to us who is going to do this for him. Why would you believe this?” Gina Kolata, NY Times science reporter and author of Clone: the Road to Dolly and the Path Ahead on the other hand……..

  5. Dr. Seed’s Immodest Proposal • Seed says he has assembled a team of doctors willing to work with him and four couples who have volunteered to be cloned. • THE GOAL FOR EACH OF THEM IS TO BE CLONED WITHIN A YEAR AND HALF!! • As for money, he claims to have raised several hundred thousand so far… NPR Correspondent Joe Palca

  6. Opposition • American Society for Reproductive Medicine • 13 states to sign European ban on human cloning, 11th January, 1998 • The signatories are Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. • California has outlawed human cloning • FDA • CNN poll: 77.4% against Seed

  7. Opposition • Dr. Ian Wilmut • President Bill Clintion • Dr. Harold Shapiro (Director National Bioethics Committee)

  8. Opposition • “This begs the President to respond. This brings it to a head, which will ultimately be bad for my patients. It will encourage more legislation.” Dr. James Grifo, Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology at New York University Medical Center. Under proposed bans, Dr. Grifo’s work would be considered illegal.

  9. How does the good doctor respond???

  10. If human cloning is pursued, how should we proceed?? • Need to refine nuclear transfer techniques • When success rate is over 90%, try it on primates • When we can reliably clone primates, then in the appropriate setting, with institutional review of the protocol, then you try it on informed humans. “Your have to be careful about getting to the point in the correct manner.” Sean Tipton, Washington director of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

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