Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT 22-26 Feb 10
douggerel:
--- Quote from: Delirium on 24 Feb 2010, 08:46 ---
--- 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.
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...just to continue the biochemistry lecture, you don't need to pick the white ones out. YOu just break them all open, red and white, and purify the DNA from the rest of the stuff. Takes about 30 minutes. Here endeth the lesson...
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: douggerel on 24 Feb 2010, 11:59 ---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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OK, way creepier, then. Wouldn't put it past Hanners...
Kugai:
The Yuri takeover of QCland has begun MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA
As for Hanners, haven't you figured it out yet?
She's a Cylon. And she has a plan. :-D
Akima:
--- Quote from: Nightson on 23 Feb 2010, 23:31 ---Tai's sitting in Faye's lap with her arms around Faye's neck. That's certainly inside the personal bubble, but really, Tai's like a puppy, you just can't say no when she's being all earnest.
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And she is Marten's boss, so putting her in a cast would be... awkward.
Carl-E:
True, but the newly tolerant Faye seems to be nearing a breaking point.
Of course, the easy answer is to stand up. All lap-sitters wind up on the floor.
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