therapeutic cloning

Running Head : THERAPEUTIC CLONING

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Introduction

Cloning is the practice of creating a genetically the same copy of an original creature . And although it seems like twentieth-century idea cloning is actually a part of natural processes , and had taken place many decades before though it was attainable . Since a variant of the cloning process plays such a large role in stem therapies , it 's worth taking a look at how cloning processes work ADDIN EN .CITE Cohen20023 336Daniel CohenCloning2002Brookfield ConnecticutTwenty-First Century

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Most public attention has been focused on the area called reproductive cloning - reproducing an entire creature be it frog , sheep , dog , or human being . As the twenty-first century unfolds , it is far more likely that what has been called therapeutic cloning - cloning used to cure disease - is going to have a more immediate impact on all our lives Your chances of getting a cloned liver are greater than your chances of seeing a cloned you ADDIN EN .CITE Avise20044 446John C AviseThe Hope , Hype Reality of Genetic Engineering : Remarkable Stories from Agriculture , Industry , Medicine and the Environment2004New YorkOxford University Press UShttp /books .google .com /books ?id gR8cWf2-UY4C pg PA158 dq therapeutic cloning as_brr 3 si g TYQ812w6uzUUT0t5FGylPy-lZz8 PPA160 ,M1 (Avise , 2004

Therapeutic Cloning

Relative to genetic testing , therapeutic cloning is a technology very much in its infancy . Whereas we can plausibly predict , that genetic testing methods and the scope of such tests will dramatically improve in the proximate future , a like projection in the case of therapeutic cloning is more of a stretch . This view notwithstanding , analysis of current regulation of therapeutic cloning does have something to gain from postulating a future world in which therapeutic cloning is in clinical application ADDIN EN .CITE SavulescuJulian SavulescuJudith HendrickMedical Ethics and Law : The Core Curriculum2003New YorkElsevier Health Scienceshttp /books .google .com /boo ks ?id dHd6cBc7ZYkC pg PA109 dq therapeutic cloning lr a s_brr 3 sig VaCqJSQ8n478UGR1m0ii1EA0cPI PPA110 ,M1 (Savulescu Hendrick , 2003

One likely application of therapeutic cloning is in the treatment of leukemia , and more broadly in various types of tissue and organ transplantation . Therapeutic cloning is important for four seasons First , there is a shortage of tissue for transplantation . Second , there are problems with compatibility of transplanted tissue form another individual , requiring immunosuppressive therapy with serious side effects . Cloned tissue would be compatible without the infectious risks of xenotransplants . Third , the role of transplantation might be expanded to include common diseases such as heart attack and stroke . Fourth cloning may prove to be a cost-efficient means of preventing disability and morbidity , and of promoting distributive justice ADDIN EN .CITE ShannonThomas Anthony ShannonGenetics Science , Ethics , and Public Policy : a Reader2005New YorkRowman Littlefield (Shannon 2005

In considering the ethical aspects of therapeutic cloning there are two separate issues : should embryos produced during in vitro fertilization (IVF , which would otherwise be discarded , be available for research...