September 08, 2005

Clone a new generation of disease free children.
  • Interesting. We just covered the basics of this in class yesterday. Technically, this isn't cloning, because you have to do it from egg to egg, though that's not to say that you couldn't use the dna from a skin cell, for example, to do a clone. However, as with current cloning technologies, your clone would die of old age at about the same time you would, despite the difference in years between your birth and your cloning. They actually found out about the mitochondrial DNA by accident, because fertility clinics do this sort of procedure all the time, transplanting one woman's DNA from her eggs into another woman's healthier egg. Eventually, they started finding all sorts of interesting things going on that couldn't be explained by the nuclear transplant, so they discovered the mitochondrial DNA. It's worth noting that the scientists don't really know what all the mitochondrial DNA does, but I think all of the easily observed traits, such as the hair color etc, but that's not to say that the mitochondrial DNA won't affect things like intelligence or personality, which are not as easily observed.
  • ...create a human embryo that will have genetic material from two mothers. As a member of the penis carrying gender, I am completely and totally opposed to this research. Am I the only one to see the obvious implication? Yeah, I RTFA, I know this isn't really the case, but still - think about it! We men are awfully close to being redundant, if we aren't already.
  • Of course we could carry the child . (via snopes)
  • pikestrider: Women will still like cock.
  • I think they have that covered with this. Amazon link, but nsfw.
  • We men are awfully close to being redundant, if we aren't already.
  • We men are awfully close to being redundant, if we aren't already.
  • We men are awfully close to being redundant, if we aren't already.
  • You can say that again.
  • Who would kill the spiders?
  • The frogs.
  • Ladies! Don't do this - I mean, imagine a world without men... -spiders run free and unfettered, save for in frog-dominated ecosystems (not too many basements, I assure you!) -lawns will grow to dizzying heights while mowers rust in deserted garages. -Budweiser sales plummet, causing global recession; chardonnay sales may increase in response, but the volume just wouldn't be there. -oil light lit in every car, everywhere. -total elimination of late night dutch oven hilarity -doorframe tops gather massive amounts of dust due to no one jumping and touching it as they pass underneath, eventually collapsing. -porn industry: decimated. Internet shuts down due to lack of interest. also: Cinemax goes to test pattern every night at 10. -millions of neckties just laying around unattended, waiting for cloned children to pick up and use as belts - as if! -Fark eliminates "Boobies" tag. -Three words: President Gwyneth Paltrow -Fresh holes remain completely undug. -those scrolly very-top-of-the-ass tattoos become utterly superfluous -entire nation smells like microwave popcorn. Think it about it, ladies. THINK!!
  • I really need a manicure. Popcorn?
  • Fes wins by a landslide!!!
  • Sorry to have posted and run. /life takes those twists somedays. Fes, you given forth such profound things to dwell upon: no toilet seats in disarray. no taps on the shoulder when you really do have a headache. no more loose change in the washer or dryer. those scrolly very-top-of-the-ass tattoos become utterly delightly self-expressions, only. only the dog will dig holes. no one will mow over my wildflowers. one could just go get their oil changed as they pleased, instead of begging/nagging/weeping. in fact, there should be very little reason for any weeping, except for the sake of others. It has nothing to do with redundancy, it's simply the Y chromosone becoming extinct. This may not be 'true' cloning, but it has a defined goal with official sanction, so one small steps for babies and... *envisions pleasant dreams*
  • *shivers with the fright of someone who has suddenly become inessential*
  • *shudders* *thinks of New Orleans* That would be the most demeaning knowledge of all. It's ok, Fes. You guys will always have some kind of essential role. (entertainment? hard labour?) ah...HUGS.