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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
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The fertilized eggs are hypermethylated and the heterochromatin is wacky causing inappropriate crossovers and non-homologous end joining in the chromosomes.
Remember human eggs are EXTREMELY fragile unlike say mouse. Knockout/trangenics are rather difficult to do even with similar non-human primate species. And OLAW rules will NOT allow researchers to use chimps for molecular studies. The highest we researchers can get these days are baboons. But since NIH eliminated our budgets, doubtful anyone can pay for it... Even med and vet schools are are having difficulties with the animals they use for teaching...
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Well, I know that OLAW does a lot of the monitoring and keeps everything compliant, but aren't there other alternatives? What about PGD? I know it requires in vitro fertilization and all, but with it, through research, wouldn't scientist be able to actually do genetic tests on cells and DNA removed from an embryo, and then return the embryo to the womb?
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