Cloning Quotes

“Jonathan Anomaly”

“Polygenic screening”

“Genetic engineering”

“cloning”

“Wikipedia: Cloning”

“Considered contrary to the moral law, since (it is in) opposition to the dignity both of human procreation and of the conjugal union.”

“For Lanza, reproductive cloning is "like sending up a rocket knowing it's got a 25 percent chance it's going to blow up -- it's just not ethical."”

“There was one good argument against cloning, and only one. It increased the total number of people, and to me that number already felt far too large.”

“The delivered kid was genetically identical to the bucardo. In species such as bucardo, cloning is the only possibility to avoid its complete disappearance.”

“Critics worry the cloning of endangered species could hamper efforts to conserve biodiverse habitats by offering a sort of "silver bullet" solution to saving endangered species.”

“The body of text, the bodies of letters: flesh is hereto be given to DNA analysis, taking the risk of being used in the future, and that a body, a replicant, a clone can be constructed.”

“First, a suitable surrogate mother animal is required. For the mammoth this would need to be a cow (as best biological fit) but even here the size difference may preclude gestation to term.”

“Dr Singla added, "Without cloning, one buffalo would have given birth to a single offspring every year. Through cloning, we can get surrogate mothers to give birth to 40-50 calves every year."”

“FDA notes that "early reports, beginnning in 1998, of clone moraltiy rates were 50 to 80 percent," but states that more recent studies show better results, with mortality rates dropping to around 20%.”

“Since FDA could not find studies on milk or meat from clones, the Agency chose to assess the safety of these foods indirectly, by looking at studies that investigated basic issues about cloning technology.”

“The Doctor: She hates her own clones. She burns her own clones. Frankly, you're a career break for the right therapist.”

“Hard lessons have been learnt by past situations involving science and secrecy. Nobel Peace Prize winner Joseph Rotblat said of Dolly's creation that 'it was as important as the building of the atomic bomb.'”

“No doubt the person whose experimental skill will eventually bring forth a clonal baby will be given wide notoriety. But the child who grows up knowing that the world wants another Picasso may view his creator in a different light.”

“"When you get down to a few dozen members of a species you're really talking about very serious problems," Lanza said. "So this is a tool. From now on that there's no need ever really to ever lose that genetic diversity that's remaining in these wild populations."”

“"Let's say that one in a thousand cells were nevertheless viable, practical issues come into play. Given that we have an efficiency of 1% cloning for livestock species and if only one in a thousand cells are viable then around 100,000 cells would need to be transferred," it said.”