"Bad Science" ... A Dentist Wants to Clone John Lennon from His (sic, Lennon's) Rotten Tooth

IO9 ^ | August 21, 2013 | Charlie Jane Anders

[DogByte6RER]

A dentist wants to clone John Lennon from his rotten tooth

All you need is DNA. A Canadian dentist says he's working with "American scientists" to clone John Lennon from a rotten molar the Beatles singer had extracted in the 1960s.

According to the press release (warning: it autoplays a weird parody song, "Love Me Tooth") dentist Michael Zuk bought the tooth at auction for $31,000 and now is working with an unspecified lab to see if they can clone him.

Says Zuk:

I am nervous and excited at the possibility that we will be able to fully sequence John Lennon's DNA, very soon I hope. With researchers working on ways to clone mammoths, the same technology certainly could make human cloning a reality.

Zuk has set up a website, JohnLennonDNA, where he also reveals a weird sculpture his sister made, combining Lennon and fellow Beatle Paul McCartney into a nightmarish conglomeration, called "McLennon."

I just hope the clone is evil. Really.

[Windflier]

The clone could very well grow up to be an accountant, bus driver, businessman, attorney, brick layer, store clerk or whoever with no interest in music at all.

Yep. Personality doesn't reside in the DNA. You may be able to reproduce a hunk of meat, but you can't reproduce a soul.

[Lawgvr1955]

LOL. Good one!