The future of cloning, continued‏

Lee · 24 Dec 2013, 14:02 · from 2013-December.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee)
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:02:05 -0500
Subject: (urth) =?windows-1256?q?The_future_of_cloning=2C_continued=FE?=
Message-ID: <BLU175-W156415103F52E77B0152E8CFC00 at phx.gbl>

>David Stockhoff: Is Doctor Talos in the house?

Or even Doctor Crane?

I'm not an expert but it seems to me the current obstacles to 
cloning animals (plants are easier) reside mostly in the 
technology being in its infancy. I think epigenetic problems
derive mostly from the accumulated centromere shortening and
acquired mutations found in adult animal cells.

If you started your clone from a cell culled from a gastrula or
even an embryo or fetus, I think most of the problems are avoided
and you have your khaibit, ready to supply you blood (and body 
parts?) as needed.

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