Another cloned animal

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-05-29 11:00pm

Will they ever stopMule

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2003-05-29 11:09pm

Only a matter of time now. I better get started making that clone trooper armor...

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-05-29 11:16pm

Clone armor for gnomes. That'll be interesting to see.

So they cloned feti. Cool. I just hope they can work out the kinks for adults.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-05-30 03:54am

Cloning: The only way a mule can reproduce.

EmperorMing · Post by **EmperorMing** » 2003-05-30 05:36am

Well if this cloning thing works maybe they can clone some high-quality beef for my hamburger...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-05-30 08:12am

So should we start taking bets on its medical problumes?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-05-30 08:15am

Cloning tech today is inherently flawed due to the simple inability to rectify the age difference between the clone and the mother or donor.

Until we can reverse the aging process or produce a better cloning procedure, we will continue to produce defective organisms that will die young through genetic abnormalities.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-05-30 01:49pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Cloning tech today is inherently flawed due to the simple inability to rectify the age difference between the clone and the mother or donor.

Until we can reverse the aging process or produce a better cloning procedure, we will continue to produce defective organisms that will die young through genetic abnormalities.

Couldn't we just take cell samples from the animal-to-be-cloned whern it's born, then clone that later?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-05-31 12:26am

You can only preserve cells for so long before they deteriorate. That's a major problem with blood banks, although to be honest red blood cells don't have nucleii.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-05-31 08:08am

Darth Yoshi wrote:You can only preserve cells for so long before they deteriorate. That's a major problem with blood banks, although to be honest red blood cells don't have nucleii.

Don't they keep sperm and egg cells for aaaages?

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-05-31 02:04pm

Not sure about that, but I know they do deteriorate after a while. They certainly won't last long for you to up and decide one day, "Hey, I want to clone myself."