Other options would likely be easier for multiple reasons. I'm no hedgewitch, so all I know is the science. And it's...
Part of the multiple reasons would be the whole ethics thing. It's creating an identical duplicate of that person with the science as is. Not necessarily just an empty vessel. With more time, maybe a more generic body could be created, but that'd be more testing of either just creating a new viable code in a computer or seeing what sorts of genes we have available that are compatible and would survive the process. Which'd... also have a whole lot of ethics and which Jurassic Park mistakes decide to pop up.