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Cloning

Outline
Introduction to Cloning
Types of Cloning
Reproductive Cloning
Therapeutic Cloning

Problems

Cloning

Cloning
Clone
Genetically
identical copy, an exact
replica of the other cell
or organism.
Cloning
occurs
in
nature.
bacteria
some plants
some simple animals
Hydra and Yeast

Types of Cloning

Cloning

Reproductive
Cloning- Dolly
Sheep

Reproductive cloning`
Dolly, was the first mammal to have been successfully
cloned from an adult cell.
Dolly was formed by taking a cell from the udder of her
biological mother.
Her embryo was created by taking the cell and inserting
it into a sheep ovum.
The embryo was then placed inside a female sheep that
went through a normal pregnancy.
Because the effort showed that genetic material from a
specific adult cell, can be reprogrammed to grow an

Cloned buffalo
Mahima born from
cloned
buffalo
Garima at NDRI,
Karnal. A first Cloned
buffalo delivers calf.

The National Dairy

Research
Institute
had earned worldwide
acclaim for producing
the
worlds
first
buffalo cloned calf on
August 22, 2010.

A CC (Carbon Copy) cat

Therapeutic Cloning
Therapeutic cloning is the procedure
skin of the patient and are inserted
the nucleus of which has already
resulting cell is allowed to divide
blastocyst is formed.

in which cells from the

into the fertilized egg,
been removed. The
repeatedly so that a

Stem cells are then extracted from this blastocyst and can
be used for various purposes like growing tissues that match
the patients own genetic makeup.
Many diseases like Alzheimers disease, diabetes, and
Parkinsons disease can be treated with therapeutic cloning.

Purpose
To created patient specific organs so as to avoid
transplant rejection.
It will also help to bridge the gap between the demand of
organs transplants and the number of organs donated .

MAIN ADVANTAGE
Patients DNA/ information is
used to created the organ
and therefore the organs is
easily accepted by the
patient

Therapeutic
cloning

Stem Cell- Cells present in the

blastocyst

Problems
Therapeutic cloning creates embryos and then destroys
them for stem cells, which is morally wrong to some.
Reproductive cloning is deemed morally wrong because it is
creating a human life just to be a walking organ donor for the
person after whom they were created.

Value of Human life.?

Cloning will turn humans in nothing more than carriers of
traits that others find useful.