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Old February 23rd, 2003, 08:30 AM
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Default Re: Dolly Died

Naaah, us compsci majors can count in Hex with only 7 fingers... oh wait I mean 10
anyhow, the biggest reason clones die out fast is the telomere shortening... if you took young DNA, modified it, you could feasibly make a clone with good telomeres, or ever longer telomeres. Very Deus Ex like....
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