DNA cloning is referred to as cloning of the genes, therapeutic is cloning of a human embryo to create a stem cell, and finally reproductive is the cloning of the entire organism producing an identical offspring. ... (Reproductive cloning can help same sex couples have a kid without using a sperm or egg donor. ... Bush was the first to authorize any support for stem cell research. ... Gene cloning is when DNA cloning involves a gene. ... Each cell contains only two copies of most genes, amounting to tiny fraction of the total amount of DNA in a diploid cell. ...

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This means that if human cloning proceeds then the primary method that the scientists are most likely to use is somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). For example "the nucleus from the female donor's egg would be removed to create an enucleated egg which would allow the scientists to "fuse together the cloning subjects cell containing the DNA using electricity." ... However probably the most helpful research and development for humans is the breakthrough with human stem cells. Stem cells can be extracted from embryos or the bone marrow, they are cells that have not yet become spe...

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It is morally and ethically wrong because it kills a fetus, which at this stage is a person because it has its own DNA; it brings a lot of psychological and physical problems to the mother; and it is unnecessary because there are other options available besides this procedure. Many argue that a human life begins only at birth, after the baby has left the mother's womb and can survive on its own; however, the fertilized egg has a distinctive DNA. ... The new cell, called the zygote, has its own human DNA, which makes the little fetus a person. ... Moreover, if the fetus has its own DNA th...

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In addition, a clone that grew from one person's DNA inserted in another person's host egg would pick up "maternal factors?from the proteins in that egg (Bailey 110), affecting the clone's development, therefore a clone could not possibly be a copy of some past creature. ... Although cloning can create some devastating circumstances with the reproduction of infants, cloning could also be used to produce skin for burn victims, brain cells, spinal cords, livers, lungs, and any other organs needed. ... The first U.S. research team in Virginia Media School declared that "stem cells...

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