Should I be worried
I had this lovely steak last night, funny thing was it tasted identical to the steak I had last week
Should I be worried
PMSL
pfffffffttttt......
someone needs to tell the daily fail that "clone" means "identical".
Its not as exciting as "genetically modified" and even thats pretty boring once you know the science!
Was it like Groundhog day ? 
lol
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Originally posted by cd.thomson
someone needs to tell the daily fail that "clone" means "identical".
Wish we'd just leave things alone... 
aren't there enough normal cows to go round?
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Originally posted by smart51
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Originally posted by cd.thomson
someone needs to tell the daily fail that "clone" means "identical".
Not in this case. The "clone" has identical DNA but the animal is quite different. Studies show that the animals age prematurely or that they are born "old" at an "age" related to the animal they were cloned from. Post mortem studies of clones show significantly different growth patterns between the original and cloned animal that frequently leads to sever health problems and shorter life expectancy. Scientists are working to correct these problems but a clone cow currently is not identical to its parent other than at a genetic level.
Good steak gag btw!
... you would have thought so. I'd read it was those grass-munchers that were contributing to most of the methane in the atmosphere, so
you'd think we would want to put a cap on them!
Unless of course the scientists are engineering them so they parp less!
Good grief... it's just like the mad scientist Mephesto in South Park. The engineer of the five-assed animals!
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Originally posted by scootz
... you would have thought so. I'd read it was those grass-munchers that were contributing to most of the methane in the atmosphere, so you'd think we would want to put a cap on them!
Unless of course the scientists are engineering them so they parp less!
Good grief... it's just like the mad scientist Mephesto in South Park. The engineer of the five-assed animals!
several years ago I was working at a small engineering firm with offices right next to a lab that was cloning race horses.
Got to be good friends with their lead geneticist.
he told me that the days of premature aging and health problems in clones are long gone, thats all been worked out, but due to the unpopularity of
cloning in the media, they don't announce their breakthroughs any more.
He says that with about $15000 worth of equipment he could clone a human many times over, but they don't. the real expense is in the know how.
the same company he works for has another lab that specializes in pigs.
the entire world population of pork could be wiped out, and within 3 years they could be back into full production with very little loss of their
major genetic lines.
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I think it's all a con. I probably couldn't tell two cows apart anyway.
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Originally posted by violentblue
the entire world population of pork could be wiped out
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and within 3 years they could be back into full production with very little loss of their major genetic lines.
A Song for Liam
Now where is that thread about horses?
[Edited on 4/8/10 by locogeoff]
Funnily enough we had spam last week and this week the spam tasted the same.
Cheers,
Bob
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Originally posted by Richard Quinn
I think it's all a con. I probably couldn't tell two cows apart anyway.
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Originally posted by locogeoff
A Song for Liam
Now where is that thread about horses?
[Edited on 4/8/10 by locogeoff]
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Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I had this lovely steak last night, funny thing was it tasted identical to the steak I had last week
Should I be worried
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Originally posted by Richard Quinn
I think it's all a con. I probably couldn't tell two cows apart anyway.
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Originally posted by Confused but excited.
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Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey
I had this lovely steak last night, funny thing was it tasted identical to the steak I had last week
Should I be worried
Depends, what were the chips like?
As my brother once said:
I want GM foods, at least I know what's in them. With this organic stuff there could be anything all over it.