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Can we clone an active human?


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In a word: no. We have yet to figure out what all the genes in humans are for (this is what the Human Genome Project is for). Even if we managed that, we'd still have to figure out how to put them all into a cell and grow that cell into a human being. So I don't think this will happen any time soon.

David DeGusta


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