A Giant Step in Cloning

mernil writes "The Independent reports: "A technical breakthrough has enabled scientists to create for the first time dozens of cloned embryos from adult monkeys, raising the prospect of the same procedure being used to make cloned human embryos."

Comments

hmmmm

[theheadlessrabbit]

now all we need to work on is cloning typewriters, and we'll be set!

Re:hmmmm

[Anonymous Coward]

you can also be rejected by clones of Jessica Alba and Halle Berry. Whatever suits your fancy.

Re:hmmmm

[rrkap]

Yeah, after you've raised them as your daughters o_0 they still don't have accelerated aging, or accelerated education ;)

You're right, not everybody has the patience of Woody Allen...

The English canon

[Anonymous Coward]

I for one welcome our Shakespeare-typing overlords.

hmmmmm . . .

[spamking]

If Michael Jackson is cloned, is it against the law for him to play with himself as a child?

some of these are good

To-do list...

[Wdomburg]

1. Clone monkeys.
2. Give them wings.
3. Fly my pretties, fly!!! Fly! Fly! Fly!

Scarlet

[CarpetShark]

why would I want another one of me?

You're thinking about this cloning thing all wrong. Think Scarlet Johannson.

Re:one problem

[BigDogCH]

"Grow a clone without a brain............."

The problem here is clear. What if I need a brain because of a stroke, head trauma, or something?

The key here is clearly to keep the clone sedated, and do a nightly robocopy or rsync to keep it updated. Also, the clone should be stored offsite, probably in a fireproof vault.