Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT 22-26 Feb 10
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 23 Feb 2010, 21:25 ---Nope. Not enough information in red blood cells. They have no DNA, they can't replicate, they have to be manufactured (by bone marrow), they're just oxygen transports.
White blood cells have DNA in them, though, and they can replicate - that's where pus comes from. But I'm not sure their DNA's enough for cloning.
Damn, where's a biochemical engineer when you need one?
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Thing is, the blood cells are all red after they come out of the body.
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Dickbutt on 23 Feb 2010, 21:44 ---Is 'augh' THE webcomic scream/annoyed sound or what.
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AUGH! is the universal sound of anguish, fear and loathing, born sometime circa the late 1950's by a comic genius by the name of Charles M. Schulz.
EDIT: ....aaaaaand Ninja'd. Oh well.
Onto the subject at hand: I don't think Faye could toss anyone even if she wanted to do so, given that she has a pretty decent amount of weight sitting on top of her at the moment. I mean, it's not like Tai and Dora are some sort of rail-thin supermodels here. Add to that she's also still supposedly drunk, and I think she's just feeling like the old adage - some days you're the butt, and some days you're the chair.
Delirium:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 24 Feb 2010, 06:38 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 23 Feb 2010, 21:25 ---Nope. Not enough information in red blood cells. They have no DNA, they can't replicate, they have to be manufactured (by bone marrow), they're just oxygen transports.
White blood cells have DNA in them, though, and they can replicate - that's where pus comes from. But I'm not sure their DNA's enough for cloning.
Damn, where's a biochemical engineer when you need one?
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Thing is, the blood cells are all red after they come out of the body.
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but the white blood cells are still shaped differently, so you can still pick them out.
NightOfTheLepus:
--- Quote from: Delirium on 24 Feb 2010, 08:46 ---
but the white blood cells are still shaped differently, so you can still pick them out.
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..kinda like mushrooms on a pizza. blech.
douggerel:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 23 Feb 2010, 21:25 ---Nope. Not enough information in red blood cells. They have no DNA, they can't replicate, they have to be manufactured (by bone marrow), they're just oxygen transports.
White blood cells have DNA in them, though, and they can replicate - that's where pus comes from. But I'm not sure their DNA's enough for cloning.
Damn, where's a biochemical engineer when you need one?
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Why, I just happen to be a biochemist, for reals. I purify DNA from blood all the time; there's plenty in the white blood cells. 'Course, the first thing you do is get rid of the red blood cells.
Anyway, the amount of blood Hannelore picked up on that Q-tip is plenty for anything; you purify the grenomic DNA (easy peasey), use PCR to make a lot of it (also easy), and before you know it, it's MARTEN LOVE CLONE ARMY TIME!!!!!!
Mind you, I ain't never cloned a human, but the equipment needed for the first two steps will run you maybe 20K and would fit in a small apartment easy.
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