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Family Dog Cloned, Thanks To Dolly Patents
patentpundit writes "BioArts International announced today that they have delivered the world's first commercially cloned dog, a 10-week old Labrador named Lancey, to Florida residents Edgar and Nina Otto. According to the press release issued by the company, 'BioArts International is a biotech company focused on unique, untapped markets in the global companion animal, stem cell and human genomics industries. The Best Friends Again program is a collaboration between BioArts and the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation in South Korea, home to the best and most experienced dog cloning team in the world.' The technology that makes this animal cloning possible stems from the cloning patents developed at the Roslin Institute for the cloning of the now famous, or infamous depending on your view, Dolly the sheep."
K-10 then?
Use your head, can't you, use your head,
You're on earth, there's no cure for that - S. Beckett
Because that was the best tasting dog ever and I want seconds.
We are the Borg...
I understand loving your pets. I love my dog and, when he goes, it will be exceeding painful. If I could have him return as a puppy when he dies it would be great.
But genetically identical != same dog. The fact that I don't need a clone doesn't mean I don't love my dog, just that I accept that he'll die one day and that nothing (not even cloning) will bring him back. Well... Maybe burying him in that old Indian burial ground a short hike from my back yard... But that just seems like I'd be asking for trouble.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.
Because that was the best tasting dog ever and I want seconds.
Watch out, this guy can probably kick your ass at Starcraft, too.
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
"Jim, find a puppy that looks like this one in the picture and we'll split $155,000."
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Grandma is part of the family too . . .
-Peter
> evil?
Only if it has a goatee.
Slightly disreputable, albeit gregarious
You want to have a good laugh? Walk into a shelter and ask for 55 lbs of cat.
When I was in Korea there was an English punk fanzine that run a phrasebook every now and again. One of the entries was "Dog eating savages!", clearly a handy phrase to know in Korean.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Wow I didn't know IP laws could get up and work in a lab much less do genetic/biologic engineering.
I have a cat that nags and had a dog that scolded. Pets can give you just as much shit (literally and figuratively) as any other member of the family. But they keep coming back... Now they can keep coming back forever. Sean D.
"Hmm. I am to metaphor cheese as metaphor cheese is to transitive verb crackers!"
Nonsense. The dog spirit transfers from one body to the next just like any other. I should know, in my last life I was a malamute. At least, that's my excuse when I play with my balls.
Having something that looks similar, but does not have the same personality should gradually allow the owner to let go.
I think it's more like, "You look like Dave, but you aren't acting like Dave ever would. What are you?" You know, like your dog is a pod person now. Probably not therapeutic.
i'd hit it so hard, if you pulled me out you'd be the king of britain [bash.org]
You want to have a good laugh? Walk into a shelter and ask for 55 lbs of cat.
Why would they have that much pussy laying around a homeless shelter?
Get a new dog, and you can keep your good memories of the previous dog untainted.
Says the SatanicPuppy.
If your cat mittens died,
Isn't it required to kill the cat before making mittens out of it?
I know lots of divorced couples that had a hard time deciding who gets the dog, now there's one less thing they have to argue about.