Canadian dentist wants to use John Lennon’s tooth to clone a baby

A DENTIST who bought John Lennon’s tooth at an auction says he plans to use it to clone a baby from the dead Beatle’s DNA.

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A DENTIST who bought John Lennon’s tooth at an auction says he plans to use it to clone a baby from the dead Beatle’s DNA.

Canadian dentist Dr Michael Zuk revealed his plans during an episode of Dead Famous DNA on Channel 4 in England.

He purchased the tooth for $33,000 when it was put up for auction about three years ago.

Now he wants to use it to make a clone baby that he can raise as his own.

“If there is enough DNA to sequence it, it could be basically genetic real estate,” Zuk said.

“My goal is to own John Lennon’s DNA.”

But is this legal? The doctor thinks so.

“Depends on where you do these things. If it can’t be done in one country, you can do these things in another,” he said.

And he is deadset on making sure the test-tube baby lives up to the success of Lennon

“He would still be his exact duplicate but you know, hopefully keep him away from drugs and cigarettes, that kind of thing,” Zuk said.

“But you know, guitar lessons wouldn’t hurt anyone right?”

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