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		RabbitAngstrom on June 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Supreme Court: Natural Isolated DNA Not Patentable... Once you are born with synthetic DNA, is it not "existing in nature?" An interesting point, but cloning is not very popular among bioethicists.

anonymfus on June 13, 2013 [–]

Why cloning? In vitro fertilisation is common.

RabbitAngstrom on June 13, 2013 | [–]

IVF doesn't actually change the genetic makeup of the sperm or egg in question. To do so would create a genetically altered human.

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