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Do you think humans can be cloned as of currently? (I mean, not just a specific part of the body but a whole human)
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pir8t0x lemmy.ml pir8t0x@lemmy.ml
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Just a thought but imagine if by any chance, they have already secretly succeeded in accomplishing this. And imagine if they're already doing it in secret. Do you think this is likely?

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monovergent lemmy.ml monovergent@lemmy.ml
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For sure, if some research institution were motivated enough. I won't speculate if it's happened in secret, but cloning a sheep brings us pretty close to being capable of cloning a human. I would be more surprised if 30 years since the cloning of Dolly, we haven't advanced to the point where the only thing stopping us from cloning humans are ethical concerns.

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TrippinMallard lemmy.ml TrippinMallard@lemmy.ml
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Probably not cloning like scifi where exact body scars, broken bones, & memories transferred.

But china did try to hide some cloning human project researcher a while back. Not sure what happened there.

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ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 slrpnk.net Nemo@slrpnk.net
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We're either there or close, but just like last time you asked this, nobody's going to do this in secret. They'd be bragging their asses off.

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spittingimage lemmy.world spittingimage@lemmy.world
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I don't think cloning a human would be much harder than a sheep.

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DJKJuicy sh.itjust.works DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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Yes, 100% the technology and skill is available today to clone a human.

The ethics are dubious and nobody with that technology and skill is going to attempt it. They're working on lab grown meat and replacement transplant organs.

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HobbitFoot thelemmy.club HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club
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I wouldn't be surprised if a human was cloned. The issue right now seems to be resolving the ethical issues over the technical ones.

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Pommes_für_dein_Balg feddit.org mech@feddit.org
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Currently, no.
They haven't even managed to clone any hominids from adult cells, yet. But they're not far off.

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JohnnyEnzyme piefed.social JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
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Yes, 100% the technology and skill is available today to clone a human. The ethics are dubious and nobody with that technology and skill is going to attempt it. They're working on lab grown meat and replacement transplant organs.
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theywilleatthestars lemmy.world theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world
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I mean, I don't see why not, but having a clone isn't as big a deal as people think. Identical twins are already natural clones

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DFX4509B lemmy.wtf DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf
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No, and the ethics behind it are too screwed to try it.

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
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100% it can be. Once it was done in animals there is nothing really keeping it done people and while im 100% on if it has been done secretly I would in no way be shocked to find out it had and think its more likely to have been than not.

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HubertManne piefed.social HubertManne@piefed.social
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Yes, 100% the technology and skill is available today to clone a human. The ethics are dubious and nobody with that technology and skill is going to attempt it. They're working on lab grown meat and replacement transplant organs.

I mean the technology is not that rare. Like the equipment the guy cured his lactose intolerance with (if he truly had) was borrowed but its really just chemicals and centrifuges and pipets until implantation. I mean somone rich enough could easily get a lab going in their mansion but yeah the average suburbanite bight not be able to get it all together.

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Nemo's public admirer lemmy.sdf.org Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org
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but I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were or could be cloning operations in places like Russia, China, NK and Saudi Arabia, for example.

Would it not be more likely for it to happen in USAmerica or EU?
Make USAmerica great folk may not have an issue of having cloned soldiers. They seem to be having Nazi saluters too

Regarding EU, less likely to be direct, but could be a partner to USAmerican programmes like how they actively go along for USAmerican invasions

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JohnnyEnzyme piefed.social JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
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but I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were or could be cloning operations in places like Russia, China, NK and Saudi Arabia, for example. Would it not be more likely for it to happen in USAmerica or EU? Make USAmerica great folk may not have an issue of having cloned soldiers. They seem to be having Nazi saluters too Regarding EU, less likely to be direct, but could be a partner to USAmer...
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TiredTiger lemmy.ml TiredTiger@lemmy.ml
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#16 · (edited) Quote Reply

I think this depends upon your definition of success. I think it could be done now such that you could get to a live birth, but not without serious health complications for the clone, probably resulting in an imprinting disorder or maybe something akin to progeria. You'd wind up with a sick infant instead of a healthy adult. Producing a copy of a human being as they are, if that is the definition of success, is still a ways away, probably a decade or more. This is without even considering the ethical issues with human cloning.

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Ryoae piefed.social Ryoae@piefed.social
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BrainInABox lemmy.ml BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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BrainInABox lemmy.ml BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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Yeah, the US would never commit unethical human experiments outside of MAGA types... Surely; only the dastardly foreigners would be so evil. MK ultra? Never heard of it.

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BrainInABox lemmy.ml BrainInABox@lemmy.ml
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Why do you write like that?

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daggermoon lemmy.world daggermoon@lemmy.world
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#22 · Quote Reply

I think it's possible. If you can clone a sheep then why not a human?

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daggermoon lemmy.world daggermoon@lemmy.world
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Significant legal challenges exist to prohibit the cloning of humans.

https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neal/temp/ST Policy/index/SCBooklet/World.pdf

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Ryoae piefed.social Ryoae@piefed.social
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Significant legal challenges exist to prohibit the cloning of humans. https://www.ruf.rice.edu/~neal/temp/ST Policy/index/SCBooklet/World.pdf
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🎇sparkles✨ lemy.lol Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol
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#25 · Quote Reply

I think it's possible. If you can clone a sheep then why not a human?

The cloned sheep "Dolly" did not survive very long sadly.

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🎇sparkles✨ lemy.lol Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol
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If Epstein files can not stop them why should a law against cloning, which is likely outdated by the time.

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🎇sparkles✨ lemy.lol Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol
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#27 · Quote Reply

Yes, I believe some cloned humans already exist at secret military facilities. Area 51. Super Soldier clones.

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