THE FRENZY TO TRY to regulate or even outlaw cloning is in part a deliberate attempt not to let it go the way of IVF, which has been a hodgepodge of unregulated activities with no governmental or ethical oversight and no scientific coordination.

• 想要管制甚至立法禁止复制的狂热，部份来自刻意的努力，不希望它步上IVF的后尘，落入三不管地带，既不受政府或伦理的管辖，也不受科学界的协调。