RE: BARBARA UK OFF TOPIC

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Thanks

for answering my post.  Another question

for you….. I was wondering if (don’t laugh I don’t have a medical background)

don’t even know how to word this…. In the old days we always heard babies born

of incest were very likely to be born “messed up†(that’s an East Texas medical

term) crazy question now – wouldn’t that happen in cloning too?  Or does one thing have zero to do with the

other?           

Barb in

Texas

Weirdos they must be Barb. I reckon they haven't really but if they have

its wrong as the baby will almost certainly suffer from 'degenerative disease'

like arthritis, clogged arteries and worse still possible dementia.

I hope for the baby's sake she/he isn't a clone.

Barbara (UK)

 

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Cloning cannot result in defectives, unless they are present to start with (they are the same genes the source individual has). Incest can result in defectives, since recessive genes can be reinforced. This is how hemophiliacs resulted from "inbreeding" the royalty of Europe (see http://www.geocities.com/hemophiliaclub/info.html).

The only suspected negative consequence of cloning (religion and ethics aside) is a tendency to shorter lifetimes. See http://home.vicnet.net.au/~einstein/stories1999/telomeres.htm.

In my opinion, if we could clone organs (without an attached body), it would solve many of our problems. This has been the topic of innumerable science fiction stories.

Arne51 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000Alive and (mostly) well in Minnesota

-----Original Message-----From: Barb Henshaw Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 5:35 PMTo: Subject: RE: BARBARA UK OFF TOPIC

Thanks for answering my post. Another question for you….. I was wondering if (don’t laugh I don’t have a medical background) don’t even know how to word this…. In the old days we always heard babies born of incest were very likely to be born “messed up†(that’s an East Texas medical term) crazy question now – wouldn’t that happen in cloning too? Or does one thing have zero to do with the other?

Barb in Texas

Weirdos they must be Barb. I reckon they haven't really but if they have its wrong as the baby will almost certainly suffer from 'degenerative disease' like arthritis, clogged arteries and worse still possible dementia.I hope for the baby's sake she/he isn't a clone.Barbara (UK)

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I was wondering if (don’t laugh I don’t have a medical background) don’t even know how to word this…. In the old days we always heard babies born of incest were very likely to be born “messed up†(that’s an East Texas medical term) crazy question now – wouldn’t that happen in cloning too? Or does one thing have zero to do with the other?

Hi Barb,

You're absolutely right, when the genes are very close then any slight mutations in the first person will be magnified in the second. You have probably heard or Dolly the sheep the first mammal to be cloned. The had to try hundreds of times to get the egg fertilised and now she has severe arthritis and arterioslerosis. The poor animal is needing regular medication for her painful joints. Down right cruel I think.

Love Barbara (UK)