What distance would you go to really, truly enjoy life to the fullest? What would you give for just a few minutes? What would you do to clone your dying doggy?
Wait, what….
Yea, one dog-loving billionaire by the name of JohÂn Sperling decided to see if 3.7 million would do the trick. The process eventually worked, but it took quite the effort to pull off. Not just because cloning a dog is so unique, but the most important part of the [dog's] biology makes it that way.
The [cloning] process is generally involves taking & splicing an egg, and then placing said egg in a suitable incubation chamber. That’s a very simple way of putting it, but it’s also not as complicated as people think anymore. Problems with dog cloning range from simple lack of information to the complex ovulation process of the female dog.
Now as I said, the process worked, and the clones are happy & healthy; so I think Mr. Sperling will get to live to see his dog another day (or vice versa). But with cloning so widespread amongst common domesticates & become more and more successful with each passing year, how long before we move on to humans? Make no mistake, it will happen. So long as someone has enough money to buy an exact duplicate, there will be someone willing to mass produce.
What excuses will be used to justify the implications we face trying to play God?
[via HowStuffWorks]
