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By Steve Connor, Science Editor
Friday, 18 April 2008
A revolutionary form of cloning is to be used as part of a last-ditch effort to save one of the world's rarest animals – the northern white rhino – which is on the brink of extinction with only a few individuals left in the wild.
British scientists are to spearhead an attempt to preserve the genes of a rhino in captivity by using a technique that mixes its skin cells with the embryos of a close cousin, the southern white rhino, which is no
One scientist warned this week in an interview with TheIndependent that the technique of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells could even be used on human beings by maverick IVF doctors wanting to help infertile couples, because it has proved so easy to use on mice with few apparent side-effects.
I think more likely this is experimentation with another long range goal...
The rate of failure in animal cloning should serve as a
fire bell in the night. Behind the headlines of apparent
success in animal cloning lies a failure rate as high as 95 to
97 percent.
Would human cloning lessen the worth of individuals and
diminish respect for human life by turning procreation into a
manufacturing process?
Is there a bright line between the joining of a man and a
woman's reproductive cells and the replication of just one
person's genetic material?
Is the one creation and the other mere construction?
The Christian philosopher G.K. Chesterton wrote, ``The
whole difference between construction and creation is exactly
this, that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is
constructed, but a thing created is loved before it exists.''
Originally posted by marg6043
reply to post by Bigwhammy
But I disagree about that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed, but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Is lot of things created that their creation has been mistakes later to be mistreated, abandon and abuse.
Would human cloning lessen the worth of individuals and
diminish respect for human life by turning procreation into a
manufacturing process?
What I don't agree is playing games with cloning to bring back human beings just because people thinks that they will be an exact replica of the original person.
A "human clone" is a time-delayed identical twin of another person. A clone is not an exact replica of the original, but just a much younger identical twin. As with identical twins, the clone and the original being will have different set of fingerprints.
Would human cloning lessen the worth of individuals and
diminish respect for human life by turning procreation into a
manufacturing process?
A "human clone" is a time-delayed identical twin of another person. A clone is not an exact replica of the original, but just a much younger identical twin. As with identical twins, the clone and the original being will have different set of fingerprints.
However, we can compare the fingerprints of identical twins, or "natural clones." Identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg, and thus share identical genomes of DNA. While the fingerprint patterns between twins are often similar, minor differences can be detected. Remember - we are products of our genes and of our environment. Though twins share identical genes and a similar developmental environment, sufficient variations in development can lead to fingerprint patterns that are not 100% identical.
So?
I guess you weren't following the conversation? There are folks that would clone themselves or dead relatives as a way of achieving immortality. SO... It is very significant that clones are not truly even exact duplicates but distinct individuals.