Is It True About Cloning?

Question

Is it true that only VERY, VERY, VERY rich people such as Bill Gates can afford a new cloning device that if their pet died, they could just get DNA from the old one and clone it to the exact same thing?

Answer 1

To clone you extract the nucleus from the pet you want to reproduce, you implant that into a donor egg from another like animal ( dog for instance). The donor egg goes inside the serogant mother and developes. Unfortunately, since the mechanisms for development are not procise through the process of development, the clone will often have all the physical features of the original. But, will ultimately die do to poor health since it did not develope the exact same way. There are many genetic devises that get turned on and off and we, as of now, do not know how to dictate which will be on or off. It goes through its chossen course. When we have the ability to completely reinact the original birth, genetic program for program. Then it will be worth the cloning. For now, it would be a waste to spend so much money on a creature that will just be miserable.

Answer 2

Actually, there is no "cloning device" out on the market, but if there were, you're right, only very rich people would be able to afford it.

All cloning so far has been conducted in research laboratories. Though some animals have been cloned, the actual process requires not only DNA but a unfertilized egg of the same species, and a female animal to implant the egg, to go through the normal gestation and birth process.

Clones of animals thus far are not reliable identical copies of the original. Due to limitations in the method, the cloned animals are susceptible to various diseases and conditions that did not affect the original, most likely due to undetectable damage to the DNA during the isolation and handling process.

Bill Gates is a smart guy. I doubt he'd waste his money trying to clone his favorite pet, knowing that there are plenty of homeless animals in local shelters that he could adopt at a tiny fraction of the cost, that are also not likely to have some weird genetic disorder. Just a thought :)

Answer 3

There are two things wrong here.

One, there is no cloning device for mammals. Cloning is a very expensive procedure with a massive failure rate, still in the research stages.

Two, a clone would not be the same at all. Cats and dogs, just like humans, are formed by their genes and their experiences. What you do, what happens to you, all leave their imprint.

Are identical twins exactly the same? Not at all, and they have very similar experiences! They grew up in the same culture, with the same historic events, and yet they can be significantly different. A clone will be much less similar.

Anyone getting a clone with the idea that it will be exactly the same as a lost loved pet (god forbid a lost loved human) is doomed disappointment. It simply will not work. All those little personality quirks that made your beloved pet who he was will not be there. The clone will, no doubt, develop his own personality, but it won't be the same one.

Answer 4

no.A common misapprehension is that individuals can be cloned to live a second life. This is not possible because in actuality, the objective of cloning is to take the DNA of one organism and produce another being with the exact same DNA sequence. Ideally, the clone will have the same physical features of the original organism as a result of having the same genes. This is all that cloning is capable of accomplishing. Many support cloning because they think that it can solve the problem of aging. Cloning is not the miracle that most people think it is. It cannot extend one’s life. The clone produced will not have the same life experiences, personality, or knowledge of the original. An organism and its clone can be compared to identical twins that were born at different times. The twins would be physically the same, but mentally and experientially different because of cloning limitations.

Answer 5

Yah. It isn't very affordable... yet. But I saw a report on the news about a lady who cloned her dog because she loved it soo much. However, remember just because the DNA is the same, that doesn't mean that the personality is the same.

Actually, the lady was quite pissed because she expected her little FuFu to be an exact copy, and genetically, FuFu was the same. But her behaviour and personality were totally different. As the woman soon realized, little FuFu ended up ripping her carpets and attacking her 5-year old son, who just happened to love the puppy to death prior to the accident.So poor little FuFu had to be put down. (and the thousands of dollars spend on her cloning went to the grave too)

This is because the "soul" (if you wanna call it that) of FuFu was not the soul of this cloned imposter. It's environment was totally different, and therefore, it's personality was different too.

Answer 6

You can clone your pet. My professor mentioned this in class, and he told us about a company that can clone cats for about $15000. Off course, the cat doesnt always look exactly the same, given that the new cat is cloned from 1 nucleus, in which either of the x chromosomes could be inactivated (if the cat is a female). However, this does happen.

Answer 7

If your pet was a cat. Dogs are giving problems. Savings and Clones, the company that cloned a couple cats, went out of business, recently, so adopt from your local animal shelter.

Answer 8

It cost in the thousands of dollars to clone your pet. (10,000 maybe?). But I think the only company who did it closed down.

Answer 9

I dont know if it is true or not...but I wouldnt even care about trying to find out. I feel that it is "playing God" to clone someone or something.

Answer 10

yes, and one day the government of some country might make clone troopers.