Inside the Creepy, Surprisingly Routine Business of Animal Cloning (www.theatlantic.com)
from cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to world@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 12:07
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Really and truly, a horse can be alive forever. Forever and ever.

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S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 03 Jun 12:40 next collapse

Dang this shit is creepy as fuck to read.

TachyonTele@lemm.ee on 03 Jun 12:45 next collapse

27 years of cloning. There has to be adult human clones out there, or damn near close. There’s no way no one hasn’t done it.

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 03 Jun 12:50 next collapse

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Fredselfish@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 13:38 collapse

Like Biden, Trump says he is a clone/s.

oakey66@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 13:36 next collapse

Actually surprised that Elon Musk didn’t just cut out the concubines and just go straight to cloning.

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 03 Jun 13:55 next collapse

That is for the next season

raltoid@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 18:09 collapse

He’s not going to announce that he had backup organs made for himself.

Fredselfish@lemmy.world on 03 Jun 13:38 next collapse

Why not just put all the money into making labgrown meat that can be engineered to be that perfect?

phdepressed@sh.itjust.works on 03 Jun 15:11 next collapse

This isnt like the clone is grown in a vat, their DNA is used in embryos and implanted into a mare. This is not cost effective for meat production.

Lab grown meat is a thing nowadays but is still relatively small scale compared to farming. It claims to be more environmental friendly but I personally doubt that.

TachyonTele@lemm.ee on 03 Jun 19:23 collapse

Because they’re two completely different things, for starters.

banghida@lemm.ee on 03 Jun 18:20 collapse

I’m fairly close there are clones out there.

swelter_spark@reddthat.com on 03 Jun 21:55 next collapse

Cloning plants is an essential part of the flower industry, so I’m not surprised. You get one “perfect” specimen, and you can make money off of it forever. And many people would rather have that than the surprise of a natural organism that may not be as “perfect”.

TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 04 Jun 11:25 collapse

Once again, people believe that genes are the animal. Twin studies have consistently shown that despite substantial similarities, nature favors difference between clones. If they expect the animals to be identical and never pay attention to the differences, then they will continue to ignore that the code is designed to be flexible.