I Cloned My Dog Case Study
Danielle Tarantola wasn't ready to let her dog, Trouble, go. So she contacted the only legitimate company in the world that will commercially clone an owner's dog, RNL bio. RNL bio is a company out of South Korea run by Lee Byeong-chun, notable only because he was a former colleague of Hwang Woo-Suk, who was considered a pioneer in the field of stem cell research until he was infamously outed by the scientific community after several of his experiments were found to be fabricated. The typical rate charged by the company to clone one's beloved pet is a rather hefty $100,000. Tarantola, however, was offered a 50% reduced rate due to the free advertisement that would be offered by her (then) upcoming appearance on TLC's hour long special, “I Cloned My Pet”.
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Tarantola first got Trouble when she was 18 years old.
She was so infatuated with the puppy that she painted a wall sized mural of the dog in her house, had his face printed onto her pillows, and frequenttly dressed him up in different costumes. She even dressed him up in a tuxedo when she got married. At 18 years old, Trouble died. Having spent half of her life with the dog, she was naturally crushed. This is when she called RNL Bio in an attempt to give life to Double Trouble, the name shed chose should the cloning be successful.
The procedure was performed by taking a dog's egg cell, removing the nucleus, and then replacing it with the deceased dog's DNA. It is then electrically stimulated in order to trigger it to begin undergoing meiosis.
Tarantola's journey to get Double Trouble started when she was 18 and she got a lovable mutt she named Trouble. She was so enamored with her new puppy, she painted Trouble's face on a wall in her house, printed his face on her pillows and on her bedspread, and dressed him up in an elaborate
costumes.
I personally would not clone a pet of mine after it died merely because I do realize that a large part of “who you are” is determined by genetics but also memories and past experiences (In my opinion this does more to shape the average person's personality than biological factors). As far as ethics are concerned, I don't think the problems associated with cloning are too immoral to constitute stopping it altogether. Error can be a large part of the learning process when it comes to any sort of research that could be medically significant. That's why they do these things with animals first.
Tarantola first got Trouble when she was 18 years old.
She was so infatuated with the puppy that she painted a wall sized mural of the dog in her house, had his face printed onto her pillows, and frequenttly dressed him up in different costumes. She even dressed him up in a tuxedo when she got married. At 18 years old, Trouble died. Having spent half of her life with the dog, she was naturally crushed. This is when she called RNL Bio in an attempt to give life to Double Trouble, the name shed chose should the cloning be successful.
The procedure was performed by taking a dog's egg cell, removing the nucleus, and then replacing it with the deceased dog's DNA. It is then electrically stimulated in order to trigger it to begin undergoing meiosis.
Tarantola's journey to get Double Trouble started when she was 18 and she got a lovable mutt she named Trouble. She was so enamored with her new puppy, she painted Trouble's face on a wall in her house, printed his face on her pillows and on her bedspread, and dressed him up in an elaborate
costumes.
I personally would not clone a pet of mine after it died merely because I do realize that a large part of “who you are” is determined by genetics but also memories and past experiences (In my opinion this does more to shape the average person's personality than biological factors). As far as ethics are concerned, I don't think the problems associated with cloning are too immoral to constitute stopping it altogether. Error can be a large part of the learning process when it comes to any sort of research that could be medically significant. That's why they do these things with animals first.