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Cloning; Medical Breakthrough or a step too far?
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Cloning; Medical Breakthrough or a step too far? Cloning, a term surrounded by controversy and fear, describes the making of an individual with identical genetic material as its parent. Contrary to belief, there are many natural clones already living in the world, since any animal that reproduces asexually produces a clone. Therefore, many plants, such as potato and strawberry plant are clones of their parent's . Tumours, many insects, identical twins, algae and even some multi-cellular organisms such as the armadillo produce clones as well. In addition to this, every time a cutting of a plant is taken and grown, a clone of the parent is produced. However, when scientists speak of cloning, they are talking of three different types; Therapeutic Cloning, Reproductive Cloning or DNA Cloning and their uses are significantly different. Therapeutic Cloning refers to the cloning of human embryos, in order for scientists to remove Stem Cells. These are...
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