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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jan 14, 2011 16:27:10 GMT -5
This is already done actually. Parents have had kids in the past because they needed a blood marrow donor. That's already happened and is happening now. I would be surprised if we couldn't down the road. Maybe in our lifetime, maybe not. It's still a developing field. But just because those kids are born does not mean they will be a match. Why do they have to spend the money on designer kids though? They could easily just spend the money on doctors creating the organ. They use stem cells and cells from the organ and they can create the organ in a lab. I have no problem with that. Actually depending on the parents genes, you can be fairly sure of a match. You may know that there's a 75% chance of a match for example. I would love to see them use stem cells to grow organs in a lab. Unfortunately that's uber-controversial for some reason. No clue why.
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Post by slappy on Jan 14, 2011 17:00:48 GMT -5
The people against it are pro-life. For some reason, they see the logic in fighting for the kid to be born only to tell the kid to off and fend for itself after it is born. Unless the parents are both AA, BB or OO, there is no way the kids will always match. If they are AO, BO, OO or AB, there is always the chance of being different.
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Post by alwayssunny on Jan 14, 2011 17:32:23 GMT -5
DO IT SCIENTIST! DO IT! BRING BACK THE WOOLLY MAMMOTHS NOW! Damn imagine if Woolly Mammoths came back? If this is possible they should do it as soon as possible!
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jan 14, 2011 19:12:06 GMT -5
The people against it are pro-life. For some reason, they see the logic in fighting for the kid to be born only to tell the kid to off and fend for itself after it is born. Unless the parents are both AA, BB or OO, there is no way the kids will always match. If they are AO, BO, OO or AB, there is always the chance of being different. That's not necessarily true because A and B are dominant.
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Post by K5 on Jan 14, 2011 19:16:06 GMT -5
i want the return of the mastadon
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Post by kidanimation09 on Jan 14, 2011 19:43:25 GMT -5
Wouldn't the mammoths kill us after they are cloned!
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Post by slappy on Jan 14, 2011 20:44:26 GMT -5
The people against it are pro-life. For some reason, they see the logic in fighting for the kid to be born only to tell the kid to off and fend for itself after it is born. Unless the parents are both AA, BB or OO, there is no way the kids will always match. If they are AO, BO, OO or AB, there is always the chance of being different. That's not necessarily true because A and B are dominant. [white][ ][/white] A O A AA AO O AO OO There is the chance of getting O blood. I didn't mean to add OO twice. If you both had OO, your kids would be OO as well. And then you have to add in the negative and positive of each blood type.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jan 14, 2011 21:09:01 GMT -5
That's not necessarily true because A and B are dominant. [white][ ][/white] A O A AA AO O AO OO There is the chance of getting O blood. I didn't mean to add OO twice. If you both had OO, your kids would be OO as well. And then you have to add in the negative and positive of each blood type. There's a chance, but it's small. Like I said, it's already done because with A and B being dominant the chances of getting O are small. Well, smaller anyway. People do have kids nowadays because there's a very, very good chance their baby will have the right blood type and they're looking for a marrow donor or something similar.
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Post by slappy on Jan 14, 2011 21:12:47 GMT -5
I know we can't do anything about it, but I do think that it is wrong.
If something is wrong and you have a kid to help fix that, it'll be years before they can help. The person might be dead before the kid can help then what do they do?
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jan 14, 2011 21:20:58 GMT -5
What's better? Waiting 5 years on a transplant list or waiting 2 years for a kid who can donate?
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Post by slappy on Jan 14, 2011 21:38:08 GMT -5
They couldn't do organs in 2 years, I'd think they'd be way too small to do it.
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Post by Hulkamaniac on Jan 14, 2011 22:06:52 GMT -5
They couldn't do organs in 2 years, I'd think they'd be way too small to do it. Not with a liver. Not with bone marrow either I wouldn't think.
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Post by slappy on Jan 14, 2011 22:36:58 GMT -5
They couldn't do organs in 2 years, I'd think they'd be way too small to do it. Not with a liver. Not with bone marrow either I wouldn't think. I also think that you'd have a hard time finding a doctor that would operate on a 2 year old like that. Would the liver be big enough? I know you can take half of it and donate it, but would that piece even be big enough for an adult?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2011 23:12:47 GMT -5
I want some T-Rexes running around...Dispensing dino death!
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Post by mrrocky619 on Jan 15, 2011 0:36:24 GMT -5
Not with a liver. Not with bone marrow either I wouldn't think. I also think that you'd have a hard time finding a doctor that would operate on a 2 year old like that. Would the liver be big enough? I know you can take half of it and donate it, but would that piece even be big enough for an adult? idk how we got into this debate but let me just say this, you two people are incredibly smart... onto the topic of cloning mammoths, i think thats pretty awesome. i dont think theres anything wrong with it, its just introducing a new species that will be incredibly cool to watch and learn about. i dont see anything wrong with that imo
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Post by juicewinslow on Jan 15, 2011 2:34:43 GMT -5
I hope they bring back pteradactyls someday.
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Post by DgenerationX092 on Jan 15, 2011 3:34:54 GMT -5
Man that would be so crazy. Taking a living or dead person and making an exact copy.
I wonder what dead celebrities, didnt necesarrily freeze their body, but made sure some of their body was saved for things like this.
Could you just imagine reading that they cloned your favorite dead singer/actor/wrestler/whatever? Even if theyre not the same person, it's still mindblowing stuff.
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Post by juicewinslow on Jan 15, 2011 3:44:50 GMT -5
I want an exact replica of Andre The Giant circa 1985 for my living room.
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Post by DgenerationX092 on Jan 15, 2011 10:03:37 GMT -5
I want an exact replica of Andre The Giant circa 1985 for my living room. only if he holds a bowl of peanuts
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