• Question: Will it ever be possible to clone a human ?

    Asked by anon-197255 to Sonal, Rosanna, Matthew, Marleen, Dan, Atreya on 13 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Marleen Wilde

      Marleen Wilde answered on 13 Mar 2019:


      I think from a technical point of view it might be possible, scientists already cloned a sheep (remember Dolly), but there a massive issues involved from an ethical point of view. At the moment the consent is worldwide, that it is unethical to attempt it and should not be done. However, scientists have “cloned” parts of body tissue for medical therapy, i.e. skin tissue for victims of burns. Have a read of following article.
      https://futurism.com/human-cloning-whats-stopping

    • Photo: Matthew Selwood

      Matthew Selwood answered on 13 Mar 2019:


      Marleen as hit it on the head here! It is a big ethical problem, and one we really need to think about before attempting a full human clone. That said, organ “cloning” is working, and working rather well from what I’ve heard.

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