Concept explainers
Do you think the potential benefits of therapeutic cloning justify research with the human stem cells derived from human embroys? Defend your position.
To review:
Whether the potential benefits of the therapeutic cloning are able to justify the research with the stem cells or not.
Introduction:
The reproductive cloning is the process in which an animal is created through the nuclear transfer of the somatic cells of the donor animal. In this process, the newly formed animal is transferred back into the uterus for the further development and the implantation. The therapeutic cloning is the process in which the nucleus is removed from any type of the somatic cells of the body and is transferred into the unfertilized egg with the help of the injections. The nucleus of the unfertilized egg is also removed.
Explanation of Solution
A clone refers to the exact copy of any type of the cell of the body. Studies showed that many types of the human genes have been cloned for the production of the human hormones in more quantities. A number of the stem cells of the human have also been cloned with the advancement in technologies for the cloning procedures.
The purpose of the therapeutic cloning is the production of the cloned cells or the tissues for the effective treatment of the particular type of the disease. The human reproductive cloning also raised the issues of the identity of the human beings and the dignity of the humans. The therapeutic cloning is safe until the human-derived embryos are only used for the treatment purposes. But if the embryos are transplanted into the surrogate mothers, the identical copies of the human cells would develop and would raise the issue of the personal identity.
Thus, it can be concluded that the therapeutic cloning is very effective for the treatment of various types of disease. But the use of the stem cells of the human beings is safe up to a level for the therapeutic cloning but beyond that, the researches associated with the stem cells raises the biological and the ethical issues.
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