Science

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts) Thu Jun 27, 2013, 03:34 AM Jun 2013

Mouse cloned from drop of blood

Scientists in Japan have cloned a mouse from a single drop of blood.

Circulating blood cells collected from the tail of a donor mouse were used to produce the clone, a team at the Riken BioResource Center reports in the journal Biology of Reproduction.

The female mouse lived a normal lifespan and could give birth to young, say the researchers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23068423

Space colonization here we come

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Mouse cloned from drop of blood (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jun 2013 OP

W0W.....soon anyone can be a "parent" -- so long as they're raising a genetic duplicate of MADem Jun 2013 #1

Astonishing. Never expected to see this news. Judi Lynn Jun 2013 #2

200 years from now... Javaman Jun 2013 #3

Spaceship leaves earth towards a habitable planet Ichingcarpenter Jun 2013 #4

That is a very cool concept. Javaman Jun 2013 #5

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. W0W.....soon anyone can be a "parent" -- so long as they're raising a genetic duplicate of

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 04:39 AM

Jun 2013

themselves! Age is no impediment!

Very interesting!!!!!

Judi Lynn

(160,755 posts)

2. Astonishing. Never expected to see this news.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 05:36 AM

Jun 2013

Will take some time to absorb, for sure.

Thank you.

Javaman

(62,548 posts)

3. 200 years from now...

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 09:50 AM

Jun 2013

Dude 1: I'm tired, I wish we had a horse so we could ride

Dude 2: Done.

Dude 2 reaches into his pack and pulls out a little jar. It's labeled "Instant Horse". He takes a pill out, throws it on the ground a poof! a horse appears.

Dude 1: awesome! hey wait, don't you have any Arabians?

Arthur C. Clarke once said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)

4. Spaceship leaves earth towards a habitable planet

Reply to Javaman (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 12:09 PM

Jun 2013

Minimum crew with blood samples from engineers, scientists, artists, musicians also with their consciousness/memories downloaded.

Arrive at planet, ..... instant population

Javaman

(62,548 posts)

5. That is a very cool concept.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 04:23 PM

Jun 2013

I see that being possible in the future.

As for right now, I would love to read that as hardcore Sci-Fi.

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