Should human cloning be allowed?

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Should human cloning be allowed?

By Samia Rashid

Mr Whitlock

Contents:

What is cloning? ..............................................................page 3

The history of cloning.............................................page 4

Human cloning......................................................page 5-7

Ethics ..................................................................page 8-9

Arguments-

For human cloning.................................................page 10

Against human cloning...........................................page 11

Conclusions...........................................................page 12

Bibliography.........................................................page 12

What is cloning? :

Cloning is when one gene is an exact copy of another, so every single bit of DNA between the two genes is exactly the same. Although it doesn't look like it, there are human clones around us everywhere, twins. There are two types of cloning: artificial embryo twinning and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Artificial embryo twinning copies the natural process of natural twins. In nature, twins are produced just after fertilization of an egg cell by a sperm cell. In some cases, when the fertilized egg, a zygote, tries to divide into a two-celled embryo, the two cells separate. Each cell continues dividing by itself, ultimately developing into a separate individual within the womb. Since the two cells came from the same zygote, the individuals are genetically identical. However the artificial way of embryo twinning uses a Petri dish instead of a