What exactly is cloning??
Ethical issues of human cloning
History of cloning (humans)
Future of human cloning
Process of cloning
Pro’s and con’s
What exactly is cloning?
Cloning is the creation of an organism
that is an exact genetic copy of
This means that every single bit of
DNA is the same between the two!
Dolly the sheep
She was born on 5 july 1996.
She was cloned by Ian Wilmut and keith campbell in
Was the first mammal to be cloned
Died from a progressive lung disease.
Herd of mice
The cloned mammals was a mouse
(named "Masha") , in the Soviet
The cloning was done from an
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.
Was born in
scientists at Texas
created the first
cloned cat, CC
History of Cloning:
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.
Experiments conducted: Failed
Scientists secretly placed
a human cloned embryo
into a pig. The cell only
lived to be 32 days old.
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
Future of Human Cloning
“Either we control gene technology today, or technology will redesign us
Process of Cloning:
Remove cells from
person to be cloned
Fuse cell and
Possible miscarriage or still birth
Unforeseen deaths in later life of the clone
Health risks from mutated genes
Unstable immune system
Pros and Cons:
•Cloned body parts can serve
as backup systems for humans
•Solution to infertility
•Combat genetic diseases
•Replicate animals for research
•Enable alterations of plants &
•Produce people with desirable
•Weaken diversity & ability of
•Production of undesirable traits
•Technical & economic barriers:
cost effective? Reach the
•Invites malpractices into society
•Human & animals rights at stake
•Ethical & moral principles
•Undermining human life
•Human’s acting as God.
Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood
and a perversion of the right relation between
parents and children.