Cloning--a novel idea

[Michael Kolotila x3887]

Good point.  Let's assume that circulating white blood cells have the 
germ line configuration, but certain are inactivated.  Then it becomes a 
matter, and not a trivial one, of re-activating those genes.  I would 
suppose then that the individual would be immunocompetent providing that 
the DNA donor was immunocompetent.  My $0.02 worth.
-Michael-

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On 24 Aug 1995 matkisso at opal.tufts.edu wrote:

> >> 
> > Human erythrocytes do not contain DNA, correct.  Other cells found 
> > in blood do.
> 
> Point of curiosity:  Unless some rare circulating stem cell happened to be
> present, wouldn't the B and T cell DNA in the blood belong to committed cells
> whose antigen recognition repertoire has been determined?  Presuming you could
> clone the whole individual human, is it reasonable to think the clone would be,
> for all practical purposes, immunodeficient?
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