It may seem like a sequel to one of California Governor Schwarzenegger's movies, but it's not. Genetic Savings and Clone, the first US firm to produce and sell cloned pets has already received orders from five customers at $50,000 a cloned cat. The company which was involved with Texas A & M University in "creating" the world's first cloned cat, named Cc for carbon copy, says they will give a full refund to any client not happy with the results.
CEO Lou Hawthorne says feline cloning is complex. "The issue with cats is not how to do it, the issue is how to do it perfectly with the best quality of results," BBC Online reported. It apparently took over 80 attempts before Cc was produced successfully, and the company has a"buyer beware" warning that it will not produce exact replicas. Certainly a departure from the movie, The Sixth Day, which also poses the question, what's the point then?
But wait, there's more. Some people have also paid to have their pet's tissue preserved for future cloning, for about $900 a year. That's a lot of money...triple the cost of my annual life insurance premium. It's also big business. And we haven't even discussed the ethics involved. Read more.
Saturday night at the movies? Check out "The Sixth Day" staring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's not a fantasy anymore. Read more on movie.
© Sharon Hughes 2004
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4 comments:
From David -
The site looks great mom!
Love,
David, Jean and Micah too!
MC,
I read about that cat cloning someplace a long time ago, and we'll rent that movie soon. And I think David is right, the blog page does look great. :)
Also, listened to today's program and it was very cool! Gives me a few more ideas about how to look at music...oh, and nice promo for the blog too!
SG
Thanks for this info. I also recommend the movie!
Rose
Dear Ms Hughes,
Thank You for a wonderful article. God Bless you!!
- Paul.
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