Cloning seems like it has the potential to cure disabilities and diseases, and also make farming easier. With so many potential uses why is it that nothing major has happened since Dolly the sheep?
In: 1789
Genetic technology yes has many possible good things.
But we’ve discovered that cloning sucks. Most cloned animals die much younger than a normal birthed animal.
The theory for this is that cloned animals are inheriting the original adults damaged DNA. That the things like Telomeres that help protect DNA are already warn down from years in the adult animal, and are not remade/refurbished/rejuvenated like they are when a traditional sperm and egg cell merge together.
So while genetics has a lot of possibilities, it seems right now that cloning organisms isn’t a really useful one.
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