• Question: Will cloning ever become a standard medical procedure?

    Asked by to Daren, Lynne, Phillip, Simon on 20 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Lynne Thomas answered on 20 Jun 2014:

      I think that cloning in a limited way will become a standard medical procedure but only in terms of growing replacement organs. I think that full cloning of humans would be quite a dangerous route to go down.

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      Daren Fearon answered on 20 Jun 2014:

      The issue with cloning humans is less to do with the science behind it and more to do with the ethical complications and the different types of cloning.

      How would you feel if you had a clone of yourself? Or how would you feel if you knew you were a clone of someone else? Would it be right to clone someone to use their organs to save people?

      It may be possible in the future to use human cells to clone organs for use in transplants and this is an area with a lot of research interest going into it. In this case the ethical issues revolve around how the human cells are obtained.

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