But the ethical significance of such research goes far beyond the undoubted importance of saving critically ill patients. Proving the possibility of cloning from the nucleus of an ordinary human cell would transform the debate about the value of potential human life, for we would find that “potential human life” was all around us, in every cell of our bodies.
挽救重症病人无疑是十分重要的。但是，这种研究的伦理意义远远超出这一范围。证实有可能克隆普通的人类细胞核将会转变有关潜在的人的生命价值的辩论，这是因为，我们将会发觉“潜在的人类生命”无处不在，充斥于我们身体的每一个细胞。