Sunday, August 28, 2005
The Lone Star Iconoclast Online
The Lone Star Iconoclast Online:
The
big news in science this summer is that South Korean researchers
cloned a dog. They created a genetic identical twin of an older
donor dog. They claim their purpose is not to allow pet-owners to
reproduce their pets, but to use their research to help cure human
diseases. But if you think that pet-owners are not going to line
up for “Xeroxing” their aging pet, think again. There’s
a company in Northern California (where else?) called Genetic Savings
& Clone that’s already cloning pet cats. If cats and dogs
are being cloned, how big of a leap is it for people to clone their
beloved Aunt Martha?
The
big news in science this summer is that South Korean researchers
cloned a dog. They created a genetic identical twin of an older
donor dog. They claim their purpose is not to allow pet-owners to
reproduce their pets, but to use their research to help cure human
diseases. But if you think that pet-owners are not going to line
up for “Xeroxing” their aging pet, think again. There’s
a company in Northern California (where else?) called Genetic Savings
& Clone that’s already cloning pet cats. If cats and dogs
are being cloned, how big of a leap is it for people to clone their
beloved Aunt Martha?
# posted by Jay Brewer @ 2:25 PM 
