From: Smigrodzki, Rafal (SmigrodzkiR@msx.upmc.edu)
Date: Sat May 25 2002 - 13:24:15 MDT
Harvey Newstrom [mailto:mail@HarveyNewstrom.com] wrote:
>
>
> ### A few years ago, headless frogs were produced
> (http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/gene8.html). Gene knock-outs are a
> routine technology and I have no doubt that we are already capable of
> making an anencephalic mammal.
>
That article itself says that this technique might be eventually applied
to humans. It seems to support my assertion that we do not have this
ability today.
### Oh, sorry, didn't imply that cloning of headless humans is possible now
(I wrote "anencephalic mammal" and this is most definitely possible)- we
need to develop methods of human cloning in general. However, once we have
that capability, the next step should not be huge, since our ability to
control the activity of genes is already at sufficient level of
sophistication .
Rafal
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