Yes to cloning with two mothers

**Maggy** · 08-09-2005, 16:29

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4225564.stm

Frankly I think having one mother is enough but to have two or more...Nightmare.

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UK scientists have won permission to clone a human embryo that will have genetic material from two mothers.

The Newcastle University team will transfer the nucleus of a human embryo made by one man and woman into an unfertilized egg from another woman.

The groundbreaking work aims to prevent mothers from passing certain genetic diseases on to their unborn babies.

08-09-2005, 16:38

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Frankly I think having one mother is enough but to have two or more...Nightmare.

Doesn't sound that much different than egg donation/surrogacy.

It's really a mixture of both, since it's the cell nucleus that's being 'donated' and the birth mother is 'surrogate' to the donating woman.

And it can hardly be called cloning.

orangebird · 08-09-2005, 16:39

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4225564.stm

Frankly I think having one mother is enough but to have two or more...Nightmare.

Really? I'd have ten or more of mine.

**Maggy** · 08-09-2005, 16:43

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Originally Posted by orangebird

Really? I'd have ten or more of mine.

Being told ten times that your hair is a mess?Your boyfriend is awful?You are wearing to much make-up?To tidy your room?

orangebird · 08-09-2005, 16:53

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Originally Posted by Incognitas

Being told ten times that your hair is a mess?Your boyfriend is awful?You are wearing to much make-up?To tidy your room?

hmmm, maybe not...

marky · 08-09-2005, 16:55

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Originally Posted by orangebird

hmmm, maybe not...

but 10 times the spending money