What i would like to know is that would it be possible to alter human DNA to create a dragon like for example the ones at this site…http://dragonheroes.fanyart.com/comix-en.php?page=2#nahoru
(yes i know it’s a webcomic…) but this is YOUR opinion and ideas.
Im responding to my own question from my point of view. Yes, eventually it would be possible. Probable? Thats your choice. There are many ethical issues like what would the tested on creatures go through?(talking about a genetic virus here) would it cause a mutaition? Defect? Cancer? But it would be eventually possible without many flaws and would probably be a benifit to the human race.
No i do not mean mixing human and dragon DNA. I mean creating a virus that would "corrupt" the human the genetic code.(thinks about it)(shudders)(would rather test on self but that might be suicide)(i’m crazy)(no i’m not)(yes i am)(NO I AM NOT)(fine you aren’t)….(crazy)
Is there a real dragon?
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well atm we haven’t got DNA from a dragon as of yet…but once we do discover it, we can play around with the human DNA…but i digress…the answer is no
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yeah definately if we can put a man on mars we can genetically engineer a dragon
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realistically no. the two DNAs would be far too different to be able to merge them. Now taking the dragon DNA and mixing it with say reptilian DNA (say like a snake) may get you a new variety of dragon.
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Possibly possible, but would it be ethical to create these hybrid creatures or any sort of chimera? Semi-human, unnatural, we couldn’t read its mind so who knows what sort of horrors it would endure.. though I’m not religious the idea of playing God in this way seems like a very bad idea, if we were to go so far as accept it as normal we’d be heading down a slippery slope
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IF the DNA of a dragon is not corrupted - providing we find that - then we could recreate the dragon using its DNA through cloning. Science can do it with sheep ( remember Dolly the sheep in the UK) and dogs….. look at that advanced company/lab in South Korea.
However, the drawback there is that the lifespan left (of the clone) is dependent on the age of the DNA. Suppose the DNA of Dolly the sheep was taken from a sheep which was close to its end of life…. let’s say there were only two years left of its natural life. The cloned sheep would only live about two years. In other words - it would age rapidly. This is due to the progressive corruption of the DNA as age creeps up……. which is our blueprint of life.
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Is there a real dragon?
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