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Misc UPPSC 1998 GS-I
Question

The name of the Chicago doctor who wants to clone a human is

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Option D: Richard Seed

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The correct answer is “Richard Seed”.
Richard Seed was a Chicago-based physicist who gained notoriety for his public announcement in 1997 about his plans to clone a human.

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