Clones Converge On Centre For Life

On January 20 faceless clones greeted the many big genetics bods who came for the 'Making Biotechnology Happen' conference in Newcastle upon Tyne. The delegates to the conference were confronted with the message 'Bad Science + Big Business = Bad News'.

This was all taking place at the International Centre for Life which is trying to be the centre for Genetics in Britain. Millions of Millennium money is being spent on its three parts: the Genetics Institute (new home for the University's genetics experiments), BioScience area (a very flash subsidised office development for bio-tech companies) and the Helix (a theme-park museum promoting genetic engineering). The Centre for Life is peddling sexy propaganda about how great genetic engineering is. It will also be acting as the Centre for Death making sure that what they call "defects" (ie disabled people) never live.

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