Man clones himself... (2 Viewers)

[crosswatt]

I wonder if he included that cheesy porn 'stache...

A scientist has achieved a world first... by cloning himself.



In a breakthrough certain to provoke an ethical furore, Samuel Wood created embryo copies of himself by placing his skin cells in a woman's egg.

The embryos were the first to be made from cells taken from adult humans.

Although they survived for only five days and were smaller than a pinhead, they are seen as a milestone in the quest for treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
But critics fear the technology could be exploited by mavericks to clone babies and accused the scientists of reducing the miracle of human life to a factory of spare parts.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ogy.html?in_article_id=508887&in_page_id=1965

 

[The SAINTaholic]

This is getting real scary.....

 

[antipop]

This is getting real scary.....

what's scary about it?

 

[BigRonJon]

Watch that movie "The Island"

 

[antipop]

Watch that movie "The Island"

i watched the matrix and i am not convinced that we are being used as batteries by machines

 

[Thorin]

Seriously, could you be more arrogant? What makes him think that there should be more than one of him? Only the most obnoxious people will choose to do this too. Can you imagine 50 Gilbert Gottfrieds walking around? :suicide:

 

[Dragon]

The scary part is that cells seems to have age memory. This could cause the cloned offsprings cells to have the genetic age of the donor. Below is one of several articles discussing the problem

http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/chem227/nucleicfunction/cancer/sci-clone-aging.html

 

[bigdaddysaints]

so you mean cloning is not done the same way as in the movie the 6th day? I'm dissapointed......

 

[porculator]

The scary part is that cells seems to have age memory. This could cause the cloned offsprings cells to have the genetic age of the donor. Below is one of several articles discussing the problem

http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/chem227/nucleicfunction/cancer/sci-clone-aging.html

Thats probably a good thing in terms of keeping it from getting out of hand (i.e. someone just creating younger versions of themselves forever)

 

[Inkspot47]

If I clone myself and then I have relations with my clone does that mean I am Ghey, or just masterbating?

 

[Complex Kid]

If I clone myself and then I have relations with my clone does that mean I am Ghey, or just masterbating?

Certainly brings new meaning to the phrase "Go blank yourself".

 

[PurpleBlack&Gold]

If I was told a doctor could cure my grandfathers Alzheimer's by taking the dna from one of his skin cells, inserting it into a human egg and growing stem cells that are genetically identical to my grandfather, I would be all for it, but if the doctor is never allowed to do research in that area, we would never know. I think you can expect cures for many debilitating diseases over the next few decades.

 

[Jared1979]

I'd clone myself & send it to work in my place.

...seriously

 

[cruize]

There's no money in cures. Thus, the religious groups don't want it. Figure that one out.

 

[PurpleBlack&Gold]

There's no money in cures. Thus, the religious groups don't want it. Figure that one out.

Actually, there is billions in cures. There is no money in disease prevention.