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Cloning has become a part of
everyday life. But what exactly i s
cloning, how is it done, and what
are the legal implications?
According to the New American
Dictionary ©2016, cloning i s
defined as, "asexually creating a
genetic copy of an individual
organism, organ, or tissue."
Cloning organisms is accomplished
by taking cells from the donor to be
cloned and starving them to lose
their differentiation. An egg cell of
that species has its nucleus
removed (and thus its DNA). One of
the clone cells is inserted into the
egg. An electrical charge is applied
to fuse the egg cell and clone cell.
The egg is then incubated to term
(originally a stable embryo was
implanted into the female of the
species to come to term).
Cloning body parts was originally
done in the same manner above on
human-compatible mammals, but
some of the DNA coding was changed
to produce the required human body
part. Now body parts can be
manufactured in special incubator
modules that simulate the host
organism.
Tissues are by far the simplest to
clone. The clone cells are simply
allowed to replicate in specialized
growth cultures.
As for the legality of cloning, the
Roslin Act of 2001 prohibits the
cloning of humans; all other forms
of cloning are generally legal.
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