Group claims Human cloning success!

Back in 2002...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2002/dec/27/genetics.science

I remember this being big news for a couple of days in 2002. So, where are these clones? Are we to expect a grand unveiling on their 18th birthdays next year?

Will the lady in the article grow a clone with better teeth?

Pauliedragon

She does look like she could be extraterrestrial herself.

branie2

We're entering science-fiction territory here

Your Face

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.

I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.

All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Aidric

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTaZ4b6l6II

hatrickpatrick

The more I've learned about how humans are built, the more I'm convinced that cloning isn't feasible, at least not in the way we think of it. It may be possible to create a zygote with identical DNA to a person, but then what? There's no way to control for random genetic mutations, variations in maternal hormone levels, natural bacteria being inherited, etc. All of these things play as much a roll in determining what characteristics the eventual baby will have once born. Not only is DNA not the only deterministic factor in what characteristics a baby will have after being born, it's also not a fixed thing - many genetic mutations take place during gestation, they're not necessarily present at the moment a zygote is created. Creating a viable human beings through this kind of method is most likely very plausible, but creating an exact replica of another human being is more than just DNA at conception, and I honestly can't think of any way one could control for all of the random or flexible changes which happen during gestation which might cause the resulting clone to differ very significantly from its original.

Ninthlife

Wait til the socisl justice warriors start demanding rights for the clones

Same clone marriage referendum in 2039

lmimmfn

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

The more I've learned about how humans are built, the more I'm convinced that cloning isn't feasible, at least not in the way we think of it. It may be possible to create a zygote with identical DNA to a person, but then what? There's no way to control for random genetic mutations, variations in maternal hormone levels, natural bacteria being inherited, etc. All of these things play as much a roll in determining what characteristics the eventual baby will have once born. Not only is DNA not the only deterministic factor in what characteristics a baby will have after being born, it's also not a fixed thing - many genetic mutations take place during gestation, they're not necessarily present at the moment a zygote is created. Creating a viable human beings through this kind of method is most likely very plausible, but creating an exact replica of another human being is more than just DNA at conception, and I honestly can't think of any way one could control for all of the random or flexible changes which happen during gestation which might cause the resulting clone to differ very significantly from its original.

like identical twins then?

jimgoose

I'm not too keen on having thousands of pissed-off Jango Fetts running around the place, mind.

antodeco

Clannad have really moved away from their musical heritage!

Guy:Incognito

Hopefully they get this sorted before we run out of people. If theres something theres a shortage of in the world, it's people........

orourkeda1977

Clone Kelly Brooke.

Leave her without a voice and send her over to me for a test drive.

orourkeda1977

Ninthlife wrote: »

Wait til the socisl justice warriors start demanding rights for the clones

Same clone marriage referendum in 2039

Whats the correct gender pronoun for a human clone?

Do they identify as human?

hatrickpatrick

lmimmfn wrote: »

like identical twins then?

Less identical I'd imagine, for the same reason - identical twins share a womb and therefore are subjected to identical prenatal and environmental conditions. Clones would not. A better analogy would be if the foetus of one identical twin was removed from its mother and implanted into another woman's womb - she would have different levels of hormones, bacteria etc, so that foetus would potentially develop in a radically different way to its twin.