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From: "Joseph J. Strout" <>
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: Cryogenic storage of pet blood by Washington company
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 10:30:56 -0800 (PST)
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On Wed, 15 Mar 1995, John de Rivaz wrote:

> The following article was mailed to be by Brenda Goodwin, a member of
> Terra Libra.:
> from Expat World (Singapore) 15 January, 1995
> 
> From a brochure distributed by Geneti-Pet, a Fort Townsend, Washington
> laboratory that stores blood samples from household pets in cryogenic
> suspension at a temperature of -320 degrees Fahrenheit.

> technology reaches the point where DNA from blood cells can be used to
> replicate high-level animals, your pet's blood can go through the same
> process, enabling you to raise an animal that is identical in every way to
> your cunent or previous pet.

I wonder if they could be sued for false advertising?  It is perfectly 
impossible to raise an animal "identical in every way" to a current pet 
by cloning; what you get is merely a twin sibling.  The clone's 
personality will only be marginally similar to the original (as similar 
as twin dogs, no more; the clone will not recognize its dead brother's 
favorite toys, or owner, or the neighborhood pitbull that once gave it a 
good beating).

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