Comments on: The cow says … clonnnnnnne. http://jchutchins.net/site/2008/01/15/the-cow-says-clonnnnnnne/ Tue, 15 May 2012 22:11:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris Lester http://jchutchins.net/site/2008/01/15/the-cow-says-clonnnnnnne/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Chris Lester Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:59:46 +0000 http://jchutchins.net/site/2008/01/15/the-cow-says-clonnnnnnne/#comment-239 I don't see any problem with treating cloned animals like any other animal, as long as they haven't introduced any foreign DNA into the animal in question. A cow is a cow is a cow, whether it got its chromosomes from an egg and sperm or from a diploid donor cell. It's only when that changes -- when you introduce DNA from some other species into the mix -- that I think you should have to start labeling things clearly. That's largely for health reasons: introducing new DNA into an animal could result in proteins that some consumers would be allergic to. Ultimately, I'd like to see the day come when we have enough control over the cellular development & differentiation process that we can force-grow cloned animal tissue in nutrient vats. No need to worry about whether your livestock ranches are ethical and environmentally conscious when the "livestock" is a mindless blob of constantly-growing tissue. :) I don’t see any problem with treating cloned animals like any other animal, as long as they haven’t introduced any foreign DNA into the animal in question. A cow is a cow is a cow, whether it got its chromosomes from an egg and sperm or from a diploid donor cell. It’s only when that changes — when you introduce DNA from some other species into the mix — that I think you should have to start labeling things clearly. That’s largely for health reasons: introducing new DNA into an animal could result in proteins that some consumers would be allergic to.

Ultimately, I’d like to see the day come when we have enough control over the cellular development & differentiation process that we can force-grow cloned animal tissue in nutrient vats. No need to worry about whether your livestock ranches are ethical and environmentally conscious when the “livestock” is a mindless blob of constantly-growing tissue. :)

]]> By: Herbwoman http://jchutchins.net/site/2008/01/15/the-cow-says-clonnnnnnne/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Herbwoman Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:09:01 +0000 http://jchutchins.net/site/2008/01/15/the-cow-says-clonnnnnnne/#comment-238 I think that animal cloning is still too impractical to be of real use. $20,000 per cow? No. When they can get the cost down to a reasonable level then we can start feeding lower income level fmilies with it. I also feel that six years is NOT a long enough time to do a comprehensive study. Plus, was it the FDA doing the study or was it the companies that are producing the cloned animals as happens with pharmaceutical companies and new drugs? Until there are more comprehensive studies, I'm swearing off beef. It is NOT okay to conceal which type of beef people are eating. I think that animal cloning is still too impractical to be of real use. $20,000 per cow? No. When they can get the cost down to a reasonable level then we can start feeding lower income level fmilies with it.

I also feel that six years is NOT a long enough time to do a comprehensive study. Plus, was it the FDA doing the study or was it the companies that are producing the cloned animals as happens with pharmaceutical companies and new drugs?

Until there are more comprehensive studies, I’m swearing off beef. It is NOT okay to conceal which type of beef people are eating.

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