How human clones are being made - for medical research.

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Human cloning is quite simple - a scientist even made a human clone with a cow's egg, but he destroyed the cloned embryo before implantation. However huge risks of mutation with human cloning. See human cloning pictures below.

In human cloning the aim is for two cells to fuse to become one. The egg gains a full set of genes from the adult and thinks it has been fertilised. The new clone begins to divide to become an identical twin (clone) of the adult. As with Dolly the sheep. However, the cloned baby could have genes that are as old as the older cloned twin.

I met a British scientist who was researching human cloning. He wanted to clone an embryo, implant it in the womb and cull it for spares for the older twin. Actually this is THE ONLY way that so-called therapeutic cloning could produce organs and organised tissues rather than just collections of cells in a lab - unless you take organs after birth.

The human cloning argument could go like this: child is dying, use cells and a human egg to clone child. Implant clone into mother in poor nation - pay her $10,000. Take baby from her at birth. Remove tissues needed after birth - say a kidney at the age of two - and offer cloned child for adoption. Child remains healthy on one kidney, older twin life is saved. Childless couple get a baby. Poor mother gets an income. But I don't want to live in a world like that. And as I say, human cloning poses huge emotional and phyical risks for the younger child.

"The potential of gene technology is beyond the comprehension of most people today" - Dr Patrick Dixon - Wall Street Journal (E)

Dr Patrick Dixon
Dr Patrick Dixon MBE

Futurist keynote speaker and author of 19 books. Thirty years forecasting global trends for more than 400 clients, in every industry.

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  1. Olalere Funmilola ·

    if the Holy Spirit of God could enclone human,that would b right,think sure,,,,,,

  2. clement ·

    i love this i want to know about clonning any summit

  3. Janet ·

    God created Adam and Eve he said to them now go be fruitful and multiply, he made them to fit together a way for a reason. Cloning is an unnatural act, man has made himself to be as God giving himself glory, God's shame to them that partake of this work.

  4. Emanuel V ·

    No matter what happen God is Great.

  5. Emanuel V ·

    No matter what happen God is Great.

  6. Patrick Dixon Author ·

    Thanks everyone for all your comments - an important debate. I know many of you are reading this page because of a college assignment or project - do feel free to post here a summary of what you have written for others to benefit from.

  7. nothing'spersonal ·

    stupid unbelievers!!!! woe to you!!!

  8. nothing'spersonal ·

    what are you??? god-like???

  9. sam ·

    get picsplease get real pics

  10. josh paone ·

    sexwhat happens during sexual reproduction how does the sperm get from the male to the female

  11. Somebody ·

    Go God! No cloning!

  12. Frank ·

    Clonesthink about it man CLONES are here

    1. ramie ·

      Re: ClonesI like your name...

  13. Hassan Tulicha. ·

    Human clones.It's very disgusting to compete with Allah/God by trying to create human and which is a big sin.As i beliave if you do that stay ready because you'll go to Hell for that.May Allah finish you if you've done that!!.

    1. ramie ·

      Re: Human clones.number one **believe. number two, Allah/God shamefully does not exist, when you die... GAME OVER. I think it would be a fun experiment/challenge to take on and would like to see the finishing piece. But what would be quite amusing is if they turned into some man eating machine... but i could say... GO ALLAH.

    2. Sharp eye ·

      Re: Human clones.Technically clonin is just asexual reproduction that creates a human being no differently than having sex, also it says no where in the bible or quran that coping humans is a sin where is you proof that it is a sin?

  14. Sofia Sheparest ·

    Human CloningI think cloning is wrong. Wouldn't it then mean that humans can live on forever? As for the person cloned, wouldn't it be seemed as a freak of nature? I'm not saying that we shouldn't have clones but what about the poor peaple?

    1. Frank ·

      Re: Human CloningThink about it more clones more work and more money

  15. ravindra mali ·

    human cloningwhen we make human clonig we loss value of deth or birth

  16. tammy ·

    clonesi personly feel that it's wrong.

  17. Geselle ·

    see all the misspelled words you can hardly make out what its saying? The CLONES are already here....(o:

  18. ani ·

    clonecloning is bad thing because its disturb the life cycle.

  19. faisal adam ·

    i red all most of human clone artes and still i didnt see any spot of doing that , so what we knew , there is only one creater in this world that is allah/god so none cuolda create insect

  20. JESUS CHRIS ·

    I HAVE A MESSAGE FROM GOD STOP OR FEAR MY WRATH YOU UNHOLLY DEMICRATS

    1. anonymous ·

      dumb ass

    2. AUTO-CORRECTER ·

      Is that from God or from you??you know you spelled *DEMOCRAT and *UNHOLY wrong, right??? ;)