Cloning Neanderthal DNA Bringing a Species Out of

Cloning Neanderthal DNA Bringing a Species Out of Extinction By, Rochelle Yantz

Background The lonely Homo Sapien… tellsomeonetoday. blogspot. com

Background George Church synthetic biologist and professor at Harvard Medical School www. canada. com

Church’s Propositions & Reasoning “Technologies are developing faster than ever before… Reading and writing DNA is now about a million times faster than seven or eight years ago” –George Church ØEnlarged craniums could lead to different thought processes ØCreates genetic diversity to decrease susceptibility to epidemics ØCreates a more robust human species www. ibri. org

Types of Cloning Type Definition Transfer of a DNA Has been used since the 1970’s Cloning/Recombinant fragment of interest Common practice in modern molecular biology DNA Technology from one organism DNA History labs to a self-replicating genetic element (i. e. bacterial plasmid) Reproductive Cloning Generates an animal that has identical Used to create Dolly the sheep who lived for six years nuclear DNA as another existing animal Therapeutic Cloning Production of human embryos for use in research (i. e. human development and treating diseases) In 2001 a biotechnology company announced they had produced the first human embryos

How to Bring Back a Neanderthal 1. 2. 3. 4. Sequence the Neanderthal genome Divide genome 10, 000 x to synthesize Introduce synthesized DNA to human stem cell Repeat (eventually the stem cell line will closely correlate a Neanderthal’s 5. Introduce DNA to surrogate mother Neanderthal remains www. studyblue. com

Ethical Barriers Ø Lacking a sense of identity Ø Living under societal scrutiny Ø Violating religious views on how humans are created Ø Too aggressive to interact with society Ø “Frankenstein” Complex herocomplex. latimes. com

Genetic Barriers “Are we putting it together correctly? ” - Ron Crystal, geneticist at Weill Cornell Medical College Ø Monogenic Disorders Ø Cystic Fibrosis Ø Sickle Cell Anemia Ø Fragile X Syndrome Ø Huntington’s Disease Ø Etc. Ø http: //www. rightdiagnosis. com/ medical/monogenic_disease. htm www. mitochondrialdnatesting. com

What would you do if you came face-to-face with Homo Neanderthalensis? http: //www. youtube. com/wat ch? v=9 NPWOMEm. P-s thebibleistheotherside. wordpress. com

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