1. Cloning
Meena Huh

2. Define clone.
 Clone: a group of genetically identical organisms
or a group of cells derived from a single parent
cell.

3. Outline a technique for cloning
using differentiated animal cells.
 Outline?
 Give a brief account or summary.

4. Outline a technique for cloning
using differentiated animal cells.
 Egg cells are removed from an animal
 The nucleus is removed and fused with another
nucleus from other being’s cell.
 Electric shock is given to initiate the cell division.
 Fused cells develop into zygotes.
 The multiplied cell developed gets transplanted
into mother’s womb.

5. Discuss the ethical issues of
therapeutic cloning in humans.
 Discuss?
 Give an account including, where possible, a range of
arguments for and against the relative importance of
various factors, or comparisons of alternative hypothesis.

6. Discuss the ethical issues of
therapeutic cloning in humans.
 What is therapeutic cloning?
 Therapeutic cloning is the creation of an embryo to
supply embryonic stem cells for medical use.
 Creation of a ‘new’ egg cell using the DNA of a desired
differentiated cell and a doner egg cell
 What is it not?
 Creating a mini-me for use in evil global domination plots
or to create armies!
 Creating a copy of human to use as an ‘insurance policy’
in case you need a transplant.

7. Arguments for therapeutic
cloning.
 No need to wait for human donor to die to give
organs
 Some successes already have been shown
throughout the world
 Rejection risk reduced in transplants
 Conservation of biodiversity
 Potential cure for incurable disease

8. Arguments against
therapeutic cloning.
 Religions affiliation– ‘playing God’??
 Possible risk of facing first human clone
 Too difficult and effort-taking
 Genetic diversity?
 Abnormalities in clones

9. What should we do?

10. My personal voice

11. Potentially useful site
 http://www.globalchange.com/noclones.htm