Ehrenreich makes a quite humorous pun commenting on coming possibility of cloning humans. She states,"When the technology arrives for cloning adult individuals , genetic immortality should be within reach of the average multimillionaire. Ross Perot will be followed by a flock of little re-Rosses" (86). The BioFact ReportMaterialsHuman Tissue: Pure human cells of one tissue type, from the individual who will be cloned. Human Tissue Culture Media: Media in which these human cells will grow and divide. Minimal Human Tissue Culture Media: Media in which cells will stop dividing, and enter a state of "quiescence" without dying. Laboratory supplies: Incubator, Sterile Hood, petri dishes, microscopes, and tools capable of removing and implanting cellular organelles, such as the nucleus, from one cell to another. Unfertilized human egg cells. Human Egg Cell growth media: Media where fertilized eggs will grow and divide. Procedures1.Grow the human cells to be cloned until you have a good supply. 2.Transfer the cells to minimal media. [For now, The Sheep Cloning Paper is a good reference for exactly how long.] This should allow the cells to live, but they should stop dividing and enter quiescence. This is likely the step in which the cells lose their differentiation, and revert to a more totipotent state. 3.When the cultured cells are in the quiescent state, get an unfertilized human egg cell. Remove the nucleus from this egg cell. Try to minimize damage done to this cell and discard the nucleus. 4.Take one of the quiescent cells in it's entirely, and implant it inside the coat around the egg (known as the zona pellucida) next to the egg itself. 5.Electroshock the egg. [For now, The Sheep Cloning Paper is probably a good reference for how much and how long to electroshock.] The electroshock induces the fusion of the two cells, so you should be able to tell when you've electroshocked enough just by looking at the cells. The rebooting of the huma...
