X-Message-Number: 8448
From: Thomas Donaldson <>
Subject: Re: CryoNet #8447
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 1997 10:22:11 -0700 (PDT)

Hi John!

At least among cryonicists I've not seen anyone with moral problems about
cloning.

As for the news report, it may not be good data. As I understand it, the cells
to be cloned were taken from embryos --- unlike Dolly, who was created from
the cells of an adult sheep.

I'm happy to be wrong here. And the experiment is certainly a STEP towards
the ability to clone humans... if you really want to be cloned. Sure, as
someone who has chosen neuropreservation, I want to get a body back before
I'm revived, but that's more involved than simple cloning.

One other recent development has been the ability, at least in frogs, to grow
single organs rather than whole animals. THAT really will be useful, if we
can get it to work for humans. And not just in cryonics, either.

			Long long life,

				Thomas Donaldson

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