FlintlockJazz: So does this mean they solved the telomere problem? If so, can they replenish the telomeres in an adult human body yet? Wouldn't need to be cloned to live forever if they can replenish those (amongst other things as well of course, such as a means to control the resulting risk of cancer).
GameRager: I red somewhere once that someone did a study using EM radiation that showed it might be able to reverse the telomere thing and make DNA "newish" again. I wish I knew more about it but it seemed promising.
That would be rather cool, I was just wondering if they mentioned how they overcame it with these clones, since it was my understanding that was the cause of most of the problems with Dolly (cloned from an adult cell with aged DNA).
torqual76: It would be nice to live for ever. But isn't death essential for healthy evolution as a species.
Natural Evolution, yes, but then natural evolution isn't improving us in any way, it merely adapts us to the current environment. Unless you believe in Intelligent Design then natural evolution is no more likely to make us evolve into supersmart enlightened beings as it is to make us into unthinking slugs, it just depends on environmental factors, and considering that nature has killed off many species that could have proven useful further down the line isn't very efficient.
Now artificial evolution on the other hand potentially could, and may not require death to utilise. Of course it is more open to abuse as well (Super Soldier Ferrets here we come!) but it will make things more...interesting... >:)
