How hard is making a clone, really?

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Download Foundation: Galactic Frontier on Mobile or PC: https://foundation.onelink.me/RBex/ak6st0am Use gift code "thoughtemporium" for exclusive rewards. Check out the official channel for more information: https://www.youtube.com/@Foundation_GalacticFrontier #FoundationGAME #FGF ______________________________________________________ If someone wanted to, could they clone themselves? This may seem like science fiction, but the technology has advanced to the point where this has become an every day service. Not for humans, but for pets. And for several tens of thousands of dollars, there are now multiple companies that will make you a copy of your beloved fluffy companion. But that only begins to scratch the surface of what this technology is capable of these day. ______________________________________________________________________________ Get your mad science merch, and more on our store: https://thethoughtemporium.ca/ ______________________________________________________ Support the show and future projects: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thethoughtemporium Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/thoughtemporium ______________________________________________________ Our Social Media Pages: Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thethoughtemporium Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethoughtemporium/ Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/thethoughtemporium.bsky.social Website: http://thethoughtemporium.com/ Newsletter: https://thethoughtemporium.ca/pages/newsletter ______________________________________________________ Sources and more reading: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15112#Sec23 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03416-3.epdf?sharing_token=G_MsItC8xm8-yrkdGnEfNNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0Oc3gOxmeEbIiar8ru9wpu0v7y0LqoCuaXcV3jVp90RLajrjnaH0wo6vORYQylCHUK9rDtOaOzZeM82LVa2dZD7q2TKx9Ysl28DwGKKvQndUJSClqhSOfG9_y-5kjro3Ds%3D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_cell_nuclear_transfer https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aax0164 https://www.science.org/content/article/mouse-embryos-grown-bottles-form-organs-and-limbs https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-grew-a-synthetic-mouse-embryo-with-a-brain-and-a-beating-heart https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9648694/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_pluripotent_stem_cell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch's_broom https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6173619/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-komodo-d/