Cloning Pros And Cons
1) What are the technical challenges for cloning a mammal organism? Include the following terms in your answer: cell determination, cell differentiation, and nuclear reprogramming.
Cloning is producing a cell line or culture all whose members contain identical copies of a particular nucleotide sequence; an essential element in genetic engineering (Raven et al, G-5). Lack of imprinting; genes that are imprinted are expressed differently, the original parent in which the gene was taken from is the determining factor of this (Raven et al, 384). During normal development, there are a variety of epigenetic programming and reprogramming event that occur (Raven et al, 384). Cloning in turn wants to skip normal development and restore the nucleus of …show more content…
Stems Cell Research has had both advantages and disadvantages. Some advantages include medical benefits; it can be used for regenerative medicine; this is the process of using human cells to create tissues and organs, which will be used to replace damaged tissue/organs and restore normal bodily function to a human. Also it can be used to treat diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease and reduce the risk of transplant surgery failing; this is when the body rejects the donors organ. But if the organ is made from the patients DNA then there is a low risk that the patients’ body will reject the organ.
Disadvantages include the use of embryonic stem cells, which is cultured from the destruction of blastocyst stage. This stage is consisted of an outer layer and an inner cell mass (Raven et al, 382). This is created in a laboratory with a sperm and egg forming a fertilized human egg. Embryotic Stem Cells are isolated from the inner cell mass, by disturbing the fertilized human egg and plating the cells (Raven et al, 382). In many religious beliefs this is immoral and should not be
Cloning is producing a cell line or culture all whose members contain identical copies of a particular nucleotide sequence; an essential element in genetic engineering (Raven et al, G-5). Lack of imprinting; genes that are imprinted are expressed differently, the original parent in which the gene was taken from is the determining factor of this (Raven et al, 384). During normal development, there are a variety of epigenetic programming and reprogramming event that occur (Raven et al, 384). Cloning in turn wants to skip normal development and restore the nucleus of …show more content…
Stems Cell Research has had both advantages and disadvantages. Some advantages include medical benefits; it can be used for regenerative medicine; this is the process of using human cells to create tissues and organs, which will be used to replace damaged tissue/organs and restore normal bodily function to a human. Also it can be used to treat diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease and reduce the risk of transplant surgery failing; this is when the body rejects the donors organ. But if the organ is made from the patients DNA then there is a low risk that the patients’ body will reject the organ.
Disadvantages include the use of embryonic stem cells, which is cultured from the destruction of blastocyst stage. This stage is consisted of an outer layer and an inner cell mass (Raven et al, 382). This is created in a laboratory with a sperm and egg forming a fertilized human egg. Embryotic Stem Cells are isolated from the inner cell mass, by disturbing the fertilized human egg and plating the cells (Raven et al, 382). In many religious beliefs this is immoral and should not be