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There is a Netflix documentary now called “King of Clones” and it describes a a very similar technology currently used to clone animals. They take skin cells, t
by dzink 3y ago
There is a Netflix documentary now called “King of Clones” and it describes a a very similar technology currently used to clone animals. They take skin cells, take and empty a real egg of the same or similar species of its own DNA and insert the cell DNA to copy an individual. There seems to be some small variety in the output and obviously a plethora of ethical issues (one scandal involved the main researcher asking many of his female staffers donating their eggs for human cloning). Currently the tech is used to clone prized Camels and pets for wealthy individuals.
The value and risks are obviously beyond numerous. For risks specifically:
1. The surrogate developing cancers (happened to prized tigers they were trying to clone).
2. The source of the eggs (possibly what this company may be trying to do differently)
3. Sociopaths cloning themselves or being brought back to run violently suppressed societies (Including someone trying to bring back dead ones).
4. Egomaniac individuals flooding the world with copies of themselves.
5. The Technology being easy enough to replicate in less regulated locations becomes essentially unregulated.
For value, assuming the startup that is trying to generate both egg and sperm succeeds, you can cure infertility and enable same-sex couples to have biological children. They have to show data that that is indeed what they have been able to achieve vs just cloning.