Human Cloning
By: Tiara Young, Matt Steer, Jordan
Wolford, Justin Mitchell
How Human Cloning Works.
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Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. The term is generally
used to refer to artificial human cloning, which is the reproduction of human cells and tissue.
There are three different types of artificial cloning: gene cloning, reproductive
cloning and therapeutic cloning.
Gene cloning produces copies of genes or segments of DNA. Reproductive cloning
produces copies of whole animals. Therapeutic cloning produces embryonic stem
cells for experiments aimed at creating tissues to replace injured or diseased
tissues.
Gene cloning, also known as DNA cloning, is a very different process from
reproductive and therapeutic cloning. Reproductive and therapeutic cloning share
many of the same techniques, but are done for different purposes.
Pro’s of Human cloning
Reproductive cloning can
provide genetically related
children for people who
cannot be helped by other
fertility treatments.
● Reproductive cloning would
allow same sex couples to
have a child without having
to use a sperm donor
● Reproductive cloning could
allow parents of a child who
has died to seek redress for
their loss.
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The number of men and
women who do not produce
eggs or sperm at all is very
small, and has been greatly
by modern techniques.
Further, this argument
appropriates the phrase
"genetically related" to
embrace a condition that
has never before occurred in
human history.
Pro’s of Human Cloning
● Reproductive cloning can provide genetically related children for people
who cannot be helped by other fertility treatments who do not produce
eggs or sperm.
● Genetic illnesses are not a leading killer of people today, but they could be
in the near future. As humans continually reproduce, damage to their DNA
lines increases. This creates mutations and defective genes, but these
could be eliminated thanks to the cloning of healthy human cells.
● Though infertility treatments today are somewhat successful, imagine
being able to take cloned cells to create a younger twin of a mother or
father? This would create the opportunity for an infertile couple to
experience the joys of having a family without enduring the painful infertility
procedures that are common today.
Dolly the Sheep
The first cloned
sheep was
cloned in
1997 named
Dolly
Con’s of Human Cloning
● Topics on the Con side of human cloning
● Speeds up aging over time.
● Religious aspects.
● Your Identity.
● Reduce in human life.
Aging over time
● They use older cells to create a human clone.
● There could be a possibility that it could imprint the age on the growing
embryo.
● This could cause both the person and their clone to prematurely aging and
a premature death.
Religious aspects of Human Cloning
● Human cloning is a very heated debate when it comes to religions.
● Only one religion fully supports human cloning and that is Raelism,
Raelism is a religion based on aliens.
● Islam and Judaism accepts restricted cloning not full human.
● Catholicism and Christianity is completely against cloning since they
believe it tries to play the role of God.
Human cloning flow charts 1
Human Cloning Flow Chart 2
Works Cited Page
“Bonsor, Kevin, and Cristen Conger. "How Human Cloning Will Work" 02 April 2001. HowStuffWorks.com.
15 October 2014.”
"Cloning Fact Sheet." genome.gov. National Human Genome Research Institute, 28 Apr 2014. Web. 16 Oct 2014.
“Bonsor, Kevin, and Cristen Conger. "How Human Cloning Will Work" 02 April 2001. HowStuffWorks.com.
15 October 2014.”