The Recycled Generation
Michael D. West may be forgiven for his efforts to portray cell-replacement therapies as a new fountain of youth. After all, as the man who heads Advanced Cell Technology, he has a business to promote. But Stephen S. Hall (Jan. 30) did a disservice in presenting human stem-cell research primarily in these terms. It is unfortunate that as this debate begins, your article distracts us from the real issues by representing stem-cell research as a quest for immortality.
Ronald M. Green  Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor  for the Study of Ethics and  Human Values  Dartmouth College  Hanover, N.H.