From: Brett Paatsch (paatschb@ocean.com.au)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 07:27:06 MST
I don't know why I didn't think of this before but it occurs
that PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) should be able to
be used to determine whether the same genome exists in
say placental tissue (which would only be around with an
infant) and public hair (which a neonate would not yet have
developed). Both these tissue types ought to be recognizable
and what they are and collecting them would harm neither
mother nor child and could be done by Clonaid itself.
Unless I'm mistaken sending the placenta from an alleged
clone along with some pubic hair from the mother would
enable a pretty good verification of a cloning event without
necessitating the clones parents reveal their identity.
I'm not certain about the difference between pubic hair and
say the hair on an infants head, but I suspect there would
be a difference.
Perhaps next time anyone claims a cloned child this request
for tissue could be made in a put up or shut up manner.
Any thoughts?
Brett
[I am over quote for posts but hey its a new day here in Oz now]
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