161. Human clones? really?

It’s hard to believe that cloning of humans is possible -once, fraudulent claims of generating custom-made stem cells were made and thus, the highlight of such topic, perhaps shouldn’t be confirmed rightaway. What has been done:

“…scientists have transferred DNA from an adult human cell into a human egg, and made the egg to “reprogram” the donor DNA back to its embryonic state, producing a pattern of gene activation like that in normal IVF embryos–and therefore, it seems, the pattern necessary to create an embryo….” (from Lab Notes, 2009)

It is unholy, to make such an attempt. Scientifically speaking, such attempt can be done. Throw a hypothesis, do some tests and draw up some conclusions (whatever that conclusion might be). Understanding that evolution did not occur through a series of tests and nature alone has taken care of who lives and what doesn’t through natural selection, it is not right for us to choose traits and create multiple of them. Logically, it will disrupt the chain nature has been working on, and may have an effect on the primary gene pool.

It’s a preposterous action. Yes, you might say “but they have done it to a sheep, Dolly”. Ian Wilmut, who led the team to clone Dolly the sheep said that:

“…an important difference in gene expression from transferred human nuclei depending upon whether they were transferred into a human oocyte or a non-human oocyte.” (from Lab Notes,2009)

What do you think, personally? Would human cloning work?

Imagine looking at yourself and that yourself does not exist just in a mirror.

Sharon Begley concluded his article by saying that a “misplaced hope” has been placed if nature allows such to happen.

“And if Lanza and his team are right, the idea that nature erects insurmountable barriers to human cloning will seem like a misplaced hope.” (from Lab Notes, 2009)

~ by floweret on February 5, 2009.