Human cloning.
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Human cloning People define cloning in different ways, some people define it as a method that produces a baby with the same genes as its parents whereas other people may have a broader view, which includes producing tissues and organs in cultures as well as producing embryos to be born. The Cloning Prohibition Act of 1997 defines cloning as the production of a precise genetic copy of a molecule, cell, tissue, plant, animal or human.' In this essay I shall look at the broader definition of cloning. I will evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of human cloning. Therapeutic cloning is the creation of human embryos in a laboratory so that certain cells can be removed and grown in to body tissue. Genetic material is taken from a cell in an adult's body and fused with an empty egg cell. This causes an embryo to grow. This embryo contains cells, which have the...


