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Re: Technology

From: Aniruddha (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 2 Mar 1997 00:31:06 -0600 (CST)


At Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Anonymous wrote: >
>I am hoping that someone will pursue research to examine
>the viability of using the new technology of cloning to
>help those of us with premature menopause. Since it is now
>possible to take the DNA of an organism from a regular
>cell and inject it into a enucleated donor embryo, it
>seems that a next logical step would be to take DNA
>from a combination of sources (i.e., the mother and father)
>and inject it into an enucleated embryo.

Even though it may be technologically possible, the probability of someone doing it with human germ cells is very remote, because of the ethical furore this is likely to cause. Genetic engineering is still being restricted to somatic cells only in humans.

--
Dr Malpani, MD

Malpani Infertility Clinic Bombay. India.




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