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Boning—Boon or Bane?
The subject of human cloning (reproductive cloning) is shrouded in controversy, right from its conception. On the other hand therapeutic cloning, which is sometimes misunderstood as reproductive cloning, is not the creation of an offspring but instead, vital stem cells are taken from human embryos, which are then used to generate tissues and organs. These organs and tissues can be then used for transplantation. The ultimate aim of this process is strictly to treat various heart diseases, Alzheimer's disease, and to combat cancer. Since reproductive cloning is used for the conception of a specific offspring possessing specific characteristics, it is much more controversial, and has much more at stake than therapeutic cloning. Though there are certain advantages of reproductive cloning like individuals having fertility problems would be then able to produce biologically-related children. Besides that those couples who art: at risk of transferring genetic disease to offspring would then be able to have healthy children, Cloning technology is in the primary Stage and still requires more technical know-how to achieve the perfection. Human reproductive cloning is temporarily banned because of inadequate technical knowledge, inefficient procedures and is extremely; dangerous, and ethically irresponsible. Although many mammalian^ species have been cloned successfully, cloning techniques are still primitive, and thus, are prone to failure.
Some animal species, including humans, are found to be more resistant to somatic cell nuclear transfer than others, and thus nave a poorer success rate. It took 276 nuclear transfer procedures by the Scottish scientists at the Roslin Institute in order to produce the world's first cloned animal. Dolly, the sheep in 1997. The success rate by means of reproductive cloning remains pale when compared to natural procreation, and thus does not justify cloning as a form of reproduction for
Boning—Boon or Bane?
The subject of human cloning (reproductive cloning) is shrouded in controversy, right from its conception. On the other hand therapeutic cloning, which is sometimes misunderstood as reproductive cloning, is not the creation of an offspring but instead, vital stem cells are taken from human embryos, which are then used to generate tissues and organs. These organs and tissues can be then used for transplantation. The ultimate aim of this process is strictly to treat various heart diseases, Alzheimer's disease, and to combat cancer. Since reproductive cloning is used for the conception of a specific offspring possessing specific characteristics, it is much more controversial, and has much more at stake than therapeutic cloning. Though there are certain advantages of reproductive cloning like individuals having fertility problems would be then able to produce biologically-related children. Besides that those couples who art: at risk of transferring genetic disease to offspring would then be able to have healthy children, Cloning technology is in the primary Stage and still requires more technical know-how to achieve the perfection. Human reproductive cloning is temporarily banned because of inadequate technical knowledge, inefficient procedures and is extremely; dangerous, and ethically irresponsible. Although many mammalian^ species have been cloned successfully, cloning techniques are still primitive, and thus, are prone to failure.
Some animal species, including humans, are found to be more resistant to somatic cell nuclear transfer than others, and thus nave a poorer success rate. It took 276 nuclear transfer procedures by the Scottish scientists at the Roslin Institute in order to produce the world's first cloned animal. Dolly, the sheep in 1997. The success rate by means of reproductive cloning remains pale when compared to natural procreation, and thus does not justify cloning as a form of reproduction for