Wouldn't that be interesting? Like a heart cell following the beat of a new cloned cell, the the exact part of the brain of someone whose already mastered calculus could be copied and put in MY head!
Hey, if you teach a worm to say, jump through a hoop, then chop it up and feed it to another worm whose never been trained, the worms who eat the body will develop that skill instantly.
I think anythings' possible.
2007-04-27 15:07:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Currently the mechanism of memory is still very largely unknown, but from what I heard, it has been agreed that groups of brain cells (neurons) interplay extensively to achieve the function of memory. It is not done by one single neuron, so most likely stem cells cannot replicate memories due to the disorganization.
Also, feeding a worm that can jump through a hoop to other worms does not mean the worms will take up the stem cells of the jumping worm! Jumping Worm will just be digested... For the time being, stem cell therapy is mostly done by direct injection of the stem cells into the place of action, and hope that the stem cells will actually develop into the desired cells. Stem cell therapy is still very immature and uncontrollable at the time being, but if it can actually develop to the point that what you say can come true, it would be really interesting!
2007-05-02 02:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by Duchess Ella 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have to understand that no matter how far cloning technology has developed, they are very limited in their use.
Heart cells can be cloned...but how do we control the cloning process so that the rapidly dividing cells would form a heart?
The stem cells may keep dividing and diffrentiating into mass of cells without a proper shape and compartments (we need 2 atrias and two ventricles, with different type of cardiac cells for conduction cells). The mass of cells would be useless eventhough they are cardiac cells!
Furthermore, for cells to be exactly similar, the only important thing is DNA. All of us are born with our own DNA. And other than mutation, there is no change in it. So the memory that you acquired from birth until now, is not coded in DNA. So, following that logic, you cannot 'clone' any memories or acquired ability. Memories and acquired ability is earned through experience and repetitive practice.
The only advantage of cloning a genius (in calculus) is that it gives you the genetic inclination to it, though this is not always the case. (you know how someone is a fast learner when it comes to math someone else is much slower)
So, you may have the DNA of a genius mathematician, which may help you in terms of how fast you can learn some mathematical concept. But if you have never learned one number, one concept or one knowledge of Calculus at all, you would never be good at it.
So, I guess we just have to recognize our genetic inclination and then sharpen our skills at it.
2007-05-05 03:05:15 · answer #2 · answered by Fiffy Ferrari 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they would not. A stem cell would copy the function of the surrounding cells. Duplication of cells is more along the lines of cloning, other than that there is no way to copy a cell. Even with that our current technology is centuries away from learning how the brain and body alters our cells.
2007-04-27 22:22:21 · answer #3 · answered by James P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stem cell is biological, memory is electrical with a bit chemistry.
better dope a worm and program it to jump than create thousand of worm and hope 1 of it can jump.
oh, you can be programed under hypnotise,, but not many hypnotised to become smart,,, wiered isn't it?
2007-04-27 22:47:03 · answer #4 · answered by Henry W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋