Bruce Kenyon: Are We On Our Way to Cloning Humans – News Talk 770 Calgary

I saw a story today about a guy in Ontario who just received two clones of his dog. The original dog was a shepherd/dingo cross and lived until he was 20. The dog was a close companion who nursed him through a serious illness and the two became even closer.Not that we dog people dont grow super attachedanyway, but this seemed an even closer bond than usual.

The cost was (gulp) $90,000.00. Wow. So the guy sent off the appropriate genetic materialand now hes got two dogs that according to him, are exactly like the original.Will they have the same personality? Who knows. Environment dictates how we develop, so I wish him luck.

When I spoke to the company that did the cloning they told me theres no reason to believe the dogs wont live a long and healthy life. They told me they also have cone cows, sheep and horses.

This whole affair got me thinking. Is someone cloning winning race horses? Maybe. And if they can clone dogs and horses, why nothumans?

I wouldnt be at all surprised to find out its already been done by some rogue scientist somewhere. And why would they? Because they can. They will say its in the interest of science (which it kind of is). And theres also the historical aspect of being the first to do it. I have to admitit kinda scares me.

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