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I remember in the 90s, when they cloned Polly (or Molly? I don’t remember), people predicted crazy future where we keep cloning animals and one day maybe humans
by shp0ngle 4y ago
I remember in the 90s, when they cloned Polly (or Molly? I don’t remember), people predicted crazy future where we keep cloning animals and one day maybe humans.
I don’t hear much about cloning recently. What happened?
- sizimon 4y agoThe sheep was named Dolly, after Dolly Parton, because the cell used for cloning was taken from a mammary gland. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)
- messe 4y ago> "Dolly is derived from a mammary gland cell and we couldn't think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton's."
- sseagull 4y agoDon't know about the second question, but I think you are thinking of Dolly the sheep: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)
- farisjarrah 4y agoApparently it's become so commonplace among pets that my dog's veterinary insurance policy specifically has an exclusion saying that our pet insurance does not cover cloning. I just googled "Dog Cloning" and there were a bunch of results offering the service.
- shp0ngle 4y agoOh wow that really is a thing! Why be sad for your dog’s death when you can just clone him.
- tsimionescu 4y agoI loved my chosen. How then could I accept the day she died? So I took from her body a single cell - perhaps to love her again. --Commisionner Pravin Lal (Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, when finishing The Cloning Vats secret project)
- nobleach 4y agoWait... this was RePet from Total Recall.
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