I considered cloning myself – but I’m having second thoughts | Stephen Moss
by Stephen Moss from on (#YKF9)
A British couple have paid $100,000 to clone their dog. But however tempting the process might be for a human egoist, it would destroy the point of life: that it ends
The first thing to say is that $100,000 is a lot of money. Especially for a dog. OK, two dogs - clones of Laura Jacques and Richard Remde's late but much-loved boxer Dylan.
In their grief, Laura and Richard have turned to a controversial clinic in South Korea to create two clones from Dylan, using DNA taken 12 days after he died. Doggone - but only for the moment.
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