Re: FW: Obesity in mice offers proof of cloning's unpredictability

From: Morbus Iff (morbus@disobey.com)
Date: Fri Mar 01 2002 - 09:01:19 MST


>I know most people on this list support reproductive cloning, as do I. But
>we need to be realistically aware that current processes are not ready for
>prime time. I do not believe any cloned animals are normal (yet). The only
>ones that appear normal are too young and have not been studied long enough.
>Many cloned animals appear normal at first and develop weird problems later
>in life. All of the evidence points to genetic damage in the process

I'm new to the list, so if this was mentioned before, forgive me. Recently,
there's been talk of a company that now clones your pet for you. The first
kitten cloned, recently, was named "cc".

  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/p/nm/20020214/ts/mdf131954.html

Also note, the "intern-like" error on the titling of this image. ;)

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