(urth) The future of cloning, continued

[DAVID STOCKHOFF]

I'm sure some of you are already up on cloning news, but some on this list may not be. From a nonscientific publication:

"While cloning was once the next big thing, it has lost its luster 
because of a problem called “epigenetic dysregulation” which causes up 
to 90 percent of cloned offspring to die. In fact, so many animals die 
to make one surviving clone that the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies said “the current level of suffering and health 
problems of surrogate dams and animal clones” renders it not “ethically 
justified.” Cloned offspring “tend to be large for their breeds, and 
often have abnormal or poorly developed lungs, hearts, or other affected internal organs (liver and kidney), which makes it difficult for them 
to breathe or maintain normal circulation and metabolism,” says an FDA 
report.  The problems are so common in cloned cattle and sheep, they are called Large Offspring Syndrome."

This would make Number Five more like Number 50, ha ha. But the reference to Large Offspring Syndrome caught my eye as well. Is Doctor Talos in the house?
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