Replication of undifferentiated cells in a weightless environment, uses thereof and facility for such replication and the acceleration of the evolution of plants and animals

Abstract

Manufacturing processes are described for biological replication of undifferentiated plant and animal cells and tissue in a weightless condition, including those systems used in current stem cell research and development and use of undifferentiated parenchyma in plants. Additionally, methods for adapting plants and animals to survive outside their native environments are described. In particular, undifferentiated cells from plants or animals are replicated under weightless conditions in which cell replication or proliferation is accelerated and sustained. Under such conditions, the undifferentiated cells can be “forced” to express sets of genes useful for survival in particular environmental conditions. In this manner, cells surviving prolonged exposure to specific environmental conditions can be selected for and cultivated to produce an organism adapted to that particular environment in an accelerated manner. Methods of identifying specific genes associated with adaptation of a plant or animal to a specific environment are also described.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 - 13 . (canceled) 
     
     
         14 . A method of producing undifferentiated cells in a weightless condition, the method comprising: uniting a first haploid cell and a second haploid cell in a weightless condition to form a diploid cell; and
 culturing the diploid cell to replicate into at least one undifferentiated cell.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising harvesting the at least one undifferentiated cell under conditions to prevent differentiation. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising preserving the at least one undifferentiated cell. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising removing the at least one undifferentiated cell from the weightless condition. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the at least one undifferentiated cell is cultured in three (3) dimensions. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the first haploid cell is a sperm and the second haploid cell is an egg. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising administering the at least one undifferentiated cell to a subject in need of treatment by the at least one undifferentiated cell. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the subject is in need of treatment for a condition selected from the group consisting of type I diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, blood diseases, such as leukemia, anemia, systemic lupus, autoimmune diseases and deficiencies, heart tissue repair, bone repair, cartilage repair, eye repair and skin repair. 
     
     
         22 . A method of producing undifferentiated cells in a weightless condition, the method comprising;
 uniting a first haploid cell and a second haploid cell in a gravity condition to form a diploid cell;   preserving the diploid cell to prevent replication;   reviving the diploid cell in a weightless condition; and,   culturing the diploid cell in a weightless condition to replicate into at least one undifferentiated cell.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising harvesting the at least one undifferentiated cells under conditions to prevent differentiation. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , further comprising preserving the at least one undifferentiated cell. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , further comprising removing the undifferentiated cells from the weightless condition. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the at least one undifferentiated cell is cultured in three (3) dimensions. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the first haploid cell is a sperm and the second haploid cell is an egg. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 22 , further comprising administering the at least one undifferentiated cell to a subject in need of treatment by the at least one undifferentiated cell. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein the subject is in need of treatment for a condition selected from the group consisting of type I diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, blood diseases, such as leukemia, anemia, systemic lupus, autoimmune diseases and deficiencies, heart tissue repair, bone repair, cartilage repair, eye repair and skin repair. 
     
     
         30 . A method of producing undifferentiated cells in a weightless condition, the method comprising replicating at least one cell into undifferentiated cells in a weightless environment. 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the undifferentiated cells are cultured in three (3) dimensions. 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the undifferentiated cells are produced by uniting two cells in a weightless environment under conditions to support fertilization to provide the at least one cell. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the undifferentiated cells are produced by uniting two cells in a gravity environment under conditions to support fertilization to provide the at least one cell.