"Mother Nature" PSA for The Middleman

Starts Monday June 16. The Middleman is an American television series. The series, which was developed for television by Javier Grillo-Marxuach for ABC Family, is based on the Viper Comics series, The Middle Man, created by Javier and Les McClaine.

Plot
A struggling artist is recruited by a secret agency to fight against evil forces.

Cast
* The Middleman (Matt Keeslar)
* Wendy Watson (Natalie Morales)
* Ida (Mary Pat Gleason)
* Lacey (Brit Morgan)
* Noser (Jake Smollett)

http://abcfamily.go.com/abcfamily/path/section_Shows+Middleman/page_Detail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middleman_%28TV_series%29

http://www.vipercomics.com/features/the_middleman.asp

Cloning is the process of making an identical copy of something. In biology, it collectively refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments (molecular cloning), cells (cell cloning), or organisms. The term also covers when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually.

Human cloning

Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of an existing or previously existing human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning; human clones in the form of identical twins are commonplace, with their cloning occurring during the natural process of reproduction. There are two commonly discussed types of human cloning: therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning involves cloning cells from an adult for use in medicine and is an active area of research: while reproductive cloning would involve making cloned human beings. Such reproductive cloning has not been performed and is illegal in many countries. A third type of cloning called replacement cloning is a theoretical possibility, and would be a combination of therapeutic and reproductive cloning. Replacement cloning would entail the replacement of an extensively damaged, failed, or failing body through cloning followed by whole or partial brain transplant.

The various forms of human cloning are controversial. There have been numerous demands for all progress in the human cloning field to be halted. Some people and groups oppose therapeutic cloning, but most scientific, governmental and religious organizations oppose reproductive cloning. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and other scientific organizations have made public statements suggesting that human reproductive cloning be banned until safety issues are resolved. Serious ethical concerns have been raised by the idea that it might be possible in the future to harvest organs from clones. Some people have considered the idea of growing organs separately from a human organism - in doing this, a new organ supply could be established without the moral implications of harvesting them from humans. Research is also being done on the idea of growing organs that are biologically acceptable to the human body inside of other organisms, such as pigs or cows, then transplanting them to humans, a form of xenotransplantation.

The first human hybrid human clone was created in November 1998, by American Cell Technologies. It was created from a man's leg cell, and a cow's egg whose DNA was removed. It was destroyed after 12 days. Since a normal embryo implants at 14 days, Dr Robert Lanza, ACT's director of tissue engineering, told the Daily Mail newspaper that the embryo could not be seen as a person before 14 days. While making an embryo, which may have resulted in complete human had it been allowed to come to term, according to ACT: "[ACT's] aim was 'therapeutic cloning' not 'reproductive cloning'"

On January, 2008, Wood and Andrew French, Stemagen's chief scientific officer in California, announced that they successfully created the first 5 mature human embryos using DNA from adult skin cells, aiming to provide a source of viable embryonic stem cells. Dr. Samuel Wood and a colleague donated skin cells, and DNA from those cells was transferred to human eggs. It is not clear if the embryos produced would have been capable of further development, but Dr. Wood stated that if that were possible, using the technology for reproductive cloning would be both unethical and illegal. The 5 cloned embryos, created in Stemagen Corporation lab, in La Jolla, were destroyed.

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[Taricus]

This show would've been huge, it just wasn't advertised enuff, so no one knew about it.... They should just sell episodes on DVD so us kewl people can still watch it :P LOL!

[Taricus]

ROFL! I miss this show so bad! >_<

[unknownhuman1]

Yeah, sorry... its still was an excellent show

[wolfpredator2007]

You mean "It's sheer elegance in its simplicity!"

[tncl85]

Lol, I love this show!! One of the best new series I've seen in a long time. Gotta love Matt Keesler.

[fryersoncaptain]

the series is absolute hilarity. or, as i put it, WOOOOO-HOOOOO!

[unknownhuman1]

I love "The Middleman." Its elegence in its sure simplicity!

[AngelsTurtle]

hahah! he's so cute and funny!

[scooterride33]

I watched the premiere and it is a really good show.