[Poohbah]

That you can't foresee alternative techniques doesn't mean others also can not. Some people have more imagination than others. Look to the high end of the imagination bell curve.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear.

The "alternative techniques" you describe are on the same firm scientific footing as polywater, cold fusion, and unobtanium.

[J. Neil Schulman]

Poohbah wrote: "The 'alternative techniques' you describe are on the same firm scientific footing as polywater, cold fusion, and unobtanium."

If one can grow a human ear on a mouse, then one can eventually grow a cloned organ in a wide variety of environments, including on animals, within humans, and in vitro. If you have trouble imagining this, I suggest you look up the word "serendipity."