Anyone have thoughts on this?

[tomatobhutan]

Hypothesis: This is going to be complicated. I hypothesize that, with the right scientific tools, it is currently possible to engineer an entire organism. For this sake, we will use the example of an animal or human. To elaborate, a sheep, for instance, can be completely engineered in two ways: as an embryo, which has been done before, and as a grown adult, which seems impossible. However, there are seemingly endless ways to approach this task. One method is to artificially “age” the cells; that is, use cells that in one form or another appear to have aged the same amount as an actual cell (whatever age the natural cell may be). I’m to assume that, from there, the cells would need to be outfitted with the correct genome using Harvard’s Dr. David Liu’s three-step process. If everything works out fine until this point, the team will need to use these cells to “generate” an organism. You would, most likely, need a model body to work with. Since the genome is constantly telling new cells how to form, the team must find a way to trick the cells into regenerating as they please. More ambitiously, however, is quite possibly the only other practical method I can think of. The team could “grow” organics like skin (something that has been done), organs (a common practice), bones, blood, and hair. Assuming the team can grow these things, which in the case that they can’t the technology is nearing that point rapidly anyway, they would move on to the next step: piecing together the puzzle. This is virtually the same as surgery, so a qualified surgeon should complete this task well. I don’t expect this to work for every body part (ex. eyes), but this is a good process for making a genetically engineered sheep (or what ever animal you want).

Are there scientists out there who can fact check this? I think it makes quite a bit of sense.