Weird, stupid question concerning cloning - Page 4

afro-elf · 08-24-2003, 09:01 AM

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Who said you needed a clone for a slave, instead of the original!? (Of she-bop)

Sminty_Smeagol · 08-24-2003, 09:02 AM

that is so awful to use clones for harvesting organs and stuff, like just because there already is someone with the same genes, they can mutilate the clone to whatever to their benefit. Why don't they just do that to twins? Or do they consider that cruel? So how is it different for a lab clone?

***Jonathan*** · 08-24-2003, 09:32 AM

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Originally posted by Sminty_Smeagol
that is so awful to use clones for harvesting organs and stuff, like just because there already is someone with the same genes, they can mutilate the clone to whatever to their benefit. Why don't they just do that to twins? Or do they consider that cruel? So how is it different for a lab clone?

I agree that it would be terrible to mutilate clones to harvest their organs, but creating a whole, living clone is unnecessary. It will be possible to clone specific organs only, so that you don't have to give birth to a clone and kill it to get the organs you need.

Sminty_Smeagol · 08-24-2003, 10:13 AM

that's weird... cloning organs seperately.... what would they grow in? a pickle jar?

dude, could you clone a working, beating heart?

***Jonathan*** · 08-24-2003, 10:26 AM

Technology to grow organs in 'jars' already exists and is being developed further. It wouldn't be any different to grow a cloned organ than a natural organ.
So in the future it would be possible to clone and grow hearts too.

Ruinel · 08-24-2003, 08:56 PM

but can parts of a whole body develop and grow without the whole body nurishing it and supplying it oxygen?

Insidious Rex · 08-24-2003, 10:16 PM

did you know they have engineered mice to grow human ears on their backs? im completely serious. its the strangest sight youve ever seen.

Ruinel · 08-25-2003, 12:33 AM

yes, I knew that about the mice growing human ears on their backs. And yes, it is a weird site.

afro-elf · 08-25-2003, 12:56 AM

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but can parts of a whole body develop and grow without the whole body nurishing it and supplying it oxygen?

I think so.

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yes, I knew that about the mice growing human ears on their backs. And yes, it is a weird site.

I am curious to the authenticity of the picture.

***Jonathan*** · 08-25-2003, 01:33 AM

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Originally posted by Insidious Rex
did you know they have engineered mice to grow human ears on their backs? im completely serious. its the strangest sight youve ever seen.

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Originally posted by afro-elf
I am curious to the authenticity of the picture.

It is absolutely true. I remember seeing this on TV a few years ago, and just recently I read about it in a credible scientific periodical.

***Earniel*** · 08-25-2003, 04:18 AM

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Originally posted by Jonathan
It is absolutely true. I remember seeing this on TV a few years ago, and just recentlt I read about it in a credible scientific periodical.

I remember seeing this picture (or a simular one) in the newspaper too.

afro-elf · 08-25-2003, 09:05 AM

Does anyone know the institution that die the genetic engineering?

08-24-2003, 09:02 AM	#62
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	that is so awful to use clones for harvesting organs and stuff, like just because there already is someone with the same genes, they can mutilate the clone to whatever to their benefit. Why don't they just do that to twins? Or do they consider that cruel? So how is it different for a lab clone? __________________ I love the fishes.

08-24-2003, 10:13 AM	#64
Sminty_Smeagol Manic Cardboard-Box Dweller Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In a house Posts: 1,071	that's weird... cloning organs seperately.... what would they grow in? a pickle jar? dude, could you clone a working, beating heart? __________________ I love the fishes.

08-24-2003, 10:26 AM	#65
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Technology to grow organs in 'jars' already exists and is being developed further. It wouldn't be any different to grow a cloned organ than a natural organ. So in the future it would be possible to clone and grow hearts too. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

08-24-2003, 10:16 PM	#67
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	did you know they have engineered mice to grow human ears on their backs? im completely serious. its the strangest sight youve ever seen. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

08-25-2003, 09:05 AM	#72
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Does anyone know the institution that die the genetic engineering? __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

08-24-2003, 08:56 PM	#66
Ruinel Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I have no idea. Posts: 5,441	but can parts of a whole body develop and grow without the whole body nurishing it and supplying it oxygen?

08-25-2003, 12:33 AM	#68
Ruinel Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I have no idea. Posts: 5,441	yes, I knew that about the mice growing human ears on their backs. And yes, it is a weird site.

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