On May 21, 2007, at 9:31 PM, George McMullen wrote:
> Oh... I didn't know that...
>
> Well, like I said, I'm always supporting of Stem Cell research. To
> heck with the Veto and the people who are against such kinds of
> research.
>
> Y'know what? I think they should combine researchings. They can
> clone a sheep... so why not just take some stem cell samples and
> clone them? surely that solves the whole problem with having to
> destroy embryos? Also, it means both types of research gets done.
>
Er.. Cloning involves growing a whole new whatever from the source
you're cloning.
When they clone a sheep, they produce a single fertilized egg that's
then implanted into a momma sheep, and it grows into a sheep normally
from there.
You can't clone a single cell.
Received on Mon May 21 2007 - 19:41:18 CDT