MetaFilter posts tagged with cloning and science

Learn.Genetics

netbros — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:35:03 -0800

grumblebee's post about cell size and scale the other day was quite fascinating. Pulling back to the home for that site, the Genetic Science Learning Center at the University of Utah delivers educational materials on genetics, bio-science and health topics ranging from stem cells to gene therapy, and from epigenetics to heredity. Explore the neurobiology of normal and addicted brains and the genetic contribution to this chronic disease.

Clones produced from mice frozen for 16 years

homunculus — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:42:14 -0800

Production of healthy cloned mice from bodies frozen at −20°C for 16 years. Mammoths next?

Embryo-free Embryonic Stem-Cells

homunculus — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:56:32 -0800

Simple switch turns cells embryonic. "Researchers have finally hit the jackpot: Embryo-free embryonic stem-cells!"

Silent Resurrection!

squalor — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:51:17 -0800

Hair, toenails, bone, or what-have-you - this job's going to require some Quality Genetic Material! Because "...our aim is the 'resurrection' of actresses from the Golden era of silent cinema."

Blinded By Science

stbalbach — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 06:47:11 -0800

Blinded By Science: How `Balanced' Coverage Lets the Scientific Fringe Hijack Reality. How and why the media has failed so completely to educate the American public on the massive environmental dangers we face. (via WorldChanging)

Attack of the Cloned Kittens

falconred — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:34:33 -0800

Genetic Savings and Clone is the first company to offer domestic animal cloning to the consumer. For just $50,000 you can have an exact replica of Fifi or Snowball. The company's founder claims this is a boon for loving pet owners. Others aren't so sure.

CATGee.com

crunchland — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 15:48:11 -0800

the world's first personal DNA storage & sampling kit ~ Save, share, and celebrate your DNA. ”Your very being, saved on a swab, for all eternity”

Dolly's gone

111 — Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:41:02 -0800

Dolly is dead. "The type of lung disease Dolly developed is most common in older sheep. And in January 2002, it was revealed that Dolly had developed arthritis prematurely. She was cloned using a cell taken from a healthy six-year-old sheep, and was born on 5 July 1996 at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland."

First Human Clone to be born in January

McBain — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 23:15:53 -0800

First Human Clone to be Born in January. Discuss.

adampsyche — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 12:33:56 -0800

Scientists infuse endurance genes into mice. Researchers say they have created a transgenic mouse with muscles like a marathoner, capable of enduring rigorous exercise for extended periods of time. Is cloning and genetic engineering gaining a little more acceptance? I for one would like to welcome our...ah, to hell with it...

mkultra — Fri, 12 Jul 2002 06:50:09 -0800

What the law show say about cloning. Francis Fukuyama and Robert Wright, who have written about technology and "societal evolution", discuss the pros and cons of genetic engineering. This is not a discussion about the finer points of technology, but rather the philosophical implications of moving forward.

homunculus — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 16:18:28 -0800

In Canada, the creation of new stem cell lines from discarded embryos is now eligible for federal funding. And in the UK the first licenses to create new stem cell lines have been granted, as has governement approval to pursue therapeutic cloning. The chief executive of the UK's Medical Research Council predicts a "reverse brain drain" of stem cell scientists to the UK. If the US Senate votes to ban all human cloning this spring, even for research purposes, I suspect that America will lose a lot of great minds.

MAYORBOB — Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:58:58 -0800

Cloning is not monkey business. According to this article there is something fundamentally amiss in the cloning of primates. Do I sense some hot air going out of the balloons of the guys who predicted they'd be cloning humans in the near future?

marknau — Fri, 14 Sep 2001 11:07:02 -0800

Finally, a voice of reason. Glad it's all so simple.

lia — Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:19:57 -0800

"Tired of praying and waiting for His second coming, a group of scientists aims to clone Jesus Christ and fulfill the much awaited biblical prophecy." [via the PDI]

hanseugene — Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:37:31 -0800

(You)^2: Wired Feature on Human Cloning
There's a very long, very fascinating article on the current work being done on human cloning research; or possibly the work that has already been done. Many of those interviewed for the article are convinced that somewhere in the world human cloning has already taken place. Lots of cool/frightening material here.

riley370 — Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:14:05 -0800

The Missyplicity Project seeks to clone a dog for the first time in history - a specific dog named Missy. Missy is a beloved pet, getting on in years, whose wealthy owners wish to reproduce her. See also Genetic Savings and Clone

Steven Den Beste — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 21:37:49 -0800

"Dolly team creates designer chicks" Another headline gone bad. Did the designers of Barbie start working on their own line of fashion clothes for young women?

thirteen — Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:41:24 -0800

What is scarier than a cloned dinosaur?