'My goal is to own John Lennon’s DNA', CLONE & raise child
'My goal is to own John Lennon’s DNA': Canadian dentist plans to CLONE former Beatle from a pulled wisdom tooth and raise the child as his own son
Michael Zuk from Alberta says the tooth is 'basically genetic real estate'
He says he would try to keep the cloned child away from booze and cigs
'But, you know, guitar lessons wouldn't hurt anyone, right?' he adds
Dr Zuk bought the tooth in 2011. Lennon's old housekeeper auctioned it
'My goal is to own John Lennon's DNA': Canadian dentist Michael Zuk, who plans to clone the late Beatle from genetic information in a wisdom tooth
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These are the first pictures of the dentist who wants to clone John Lennon from DNA in the assassinated Beatle's wisdom tooth.
Michael Zuk from Alberta, Canada, bought the molar for nearly £20,000 at an auction two years ago and now hopes to extract enough genetic data from it to recreate the musical icon.
'If there is enough DNA to sequence it, it could be basically genetic real estate,' he told television vet Mark Evans, who tracked him down for a Channel 4 programme.
'My goal is to own John Lennon’s DNA.'
Dr Zuk revealed that, once cloning technology is far advanced enough to replicate humans, he would clone Lennon and raise him as his own son.
Assassinated: Lennon, who was shot dead in 1980, gave the tooth to his housekeeper after he had it pulled. It was put up for auction in 2011 by her son