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Topics:
What exactly is cloning??
Ethical issues of human cloning
History of cloning (humans)
Experiments conducted(Failed)
Future of human cloning
Process of cloning
Medical issues
Pro’s and con’s
conclusion
3. What exactly is cloning?
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Cloning is the creation of an organism
that is an exact genetic copy of
another.
This means that every single bit of
DNA is the same between the two!
4. Dolly the sheep
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She was born on 5 july 1996.
She was cloned by Ian Wilmut and keith campbell in
Scotland
Was the first mammal to be cloned
Died from a progressive lung disease.
5. Herd of mice
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The cloned mammals was a mouse
(named "Masha") , in the Soviet
Union.
The cloning was done from an
embryo cell.
The first mouse from adult
cells, Cumulin, was born in 1997 at
the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Over a dozen clones as of 2002.
6. Cat (CC)
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Was born in
December 2001,
scientists at Texas
A&M University
created the first
cloned cat, CC
(CopyCat).
8. History of Cloning:
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South Korean scientists create several
cloned human embryos which they only
allowed to develop for a short while –
just long enough to extract embryonic
stem cells which could be used in the
treatment of disease.
This was the world's first ever cloned
human embryo in 2004.
9. Experiments conducted: Failed
Experiments
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1999
Scientists secretly placed
a human cloned embryo
into a pig. The cell only
lived to be 32 days old.
Dec. 2002
A company called Clonaid
announced that they
successfully cloned the
first human. Experts say
it is impossible for the
company to clone a human
due to inadequate
technology.
10. Future of Human Cloning
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“Either we control gene technology today, or technology will redesign us
by tomorrow.”
11. Process of Cloning:
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Remove
nucleus
Human egg
donor
Remove cells from
person to be cloned
Donor egg
Cell
Surrogate
mother with
cloned baby
Egg fused
with cell
Fuse cell and
enucleated egg
with electricity
Embryo
Implant embryo
into surrogate
mother
12. Medical issues:
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Possible miscarriage or still birth
Deformities
Unforeseen deaths in later life of the clone
Health risks from mutated genes
Developmental delays
Lung problems
Heart defects
Neurological disorders
Unstable immune system
13. Pros and Cons:
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Pro’s
•Cloned body parts can serve
as backup systems for humans
•Solution to infertility
•Combat genetic diseases
•Replicate animals for research
purposes
•Enable alterations of plants &
animals.
•Produce people with desirable
traits
Con’s
•Weaken diversity & ability of
adaptation
•Production of undesirable traits
•Technical & economic barriers:
cost effective? Reach the
Common man?
•Invites malpractices into society
•Human & animals rights at stake
•Ethical & moral principles
•Undermining human life
•Devalue mankind
•Human’s acting as God.
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Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood
and a perversion of the right relation between
parents and children.
-Leon Kass….!!
Thank You!
