Mariana Linares.

Gabriela Trujillo.
Ana Sofia Duque.
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 What is it?
 Is the production of embryonic cells for repairing
damaged tissues.
 Procedure
 The eggs are put to mature in a culture dish.

 While an egg is held still with a pipette, a needle is

used to drill through the pellucid zone, removing a
plug.
 The cumulus cell is injected deep into the egg that has
been stripped of its genetic material.

 After roughly 24 hours, the activated egg begins

dividing. The cells contain genetic material only from
the injected cumulus cell.
 The blastocyst is broken and the material
(stem cells )start growing in a culture dish
 Therapeutic cloning
Pros
 Therapeutic cloning can help create vital
organs.
 When organs are made out of a patient's
own cell, doctors do not have to worry
about organ or tissue rejection by the
immune system of the patient.
 Organs would have an exact match of the
patient's DNA.
 No need for organ donors and no surgery
required for the second party.
 Allows for researchers to test cures for
certain diseases, such as, Parkinson's and
diabetes.
 Researchers can study the regeneration of
organs.
Cons
 Adult cells are limiting, so therapeutic
cloning relies on stem cells extracted from
the embryos. Just a small portion of stem
cells are usable.
 Some cells mutate and cause tumours in
patients.
 In order to cure disease, millions of eggs are
needed. We do not currently have this type
of supply of eggs.
 Many people believe it is ethically wrong
and against "god's" wishes.
 Extracting eggs from a female is costly and
painful for the woman.
 The cost of therapeutic cloning is very high.
 Important achievements
• Scientists used
therapeutic cloning to
fight mitochondrial
diseases: It allows the
generation of an unlimited
supply of cells, and free of
mutations, for patients
with mitochondrial
diseases