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To: TimF who wrote (189978)6/7/2004 8:43:28 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 1575808
 
Cloning would be changing the cell in the saliva in to something different then what it currently is.
So would mitosis, or the hormones of the womb, or viral combination, or any other chemical the cell encountered.

Hormones by themselves wouldn't do it. As for other changes - yes it is possible to change the epithelial cell in to a human life. After that change is made then it is no longer just an epithelial cell, just as after fertilization the sperm and ova are no longer sperm and ova.

The only way I know of to make this happen is replicating the DNA of an epthelial cell. Human DNA is very similar to other animals so simply replicating it does not make the resulting cell human.

ted



To: TimF who wrote (189978)6/8/2004 10:40:42 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575808
 
After that change is made...

There are lots of changes. There is no real reason to pick one over another. Each is important, and the adult would not appear without each one.

I think the philosophy here was chosen to fit the slogan.

TP


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