How long does it take to clone a human? How much does it cost?
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Cloning a human, as any other mammals, is a quick process (often not succesful though). If all necessary equipment, DNA and egg donors are ready, it can be cloned in one day and be born 9 months later. Please do not confuse the act of cloning (i.e., the procedure itself, which includes replacing DNA of an egg with donor DNA) with the time it takes for the clone to develop in uterus, to be born and grow up (as for any normal human being, it would take years to reach maturity).\nReal cost of one cloning procedure I'd say could be a little bit higher than what people pay now for in vitro fertilization. The fact is, however, that current technology cannot ensure hastle-free and error-free cloning, therefore nobody would do it on humans (unless illegaly, but that would cost millions I'd suspect). It requires further research and science advancement, which is costly (we are talking billions here).
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One of the major problems with most transplant procedures is acceptibility. The patient's body recognizes the new organ as an intruder or threat, and attacks it.\nA cloned version of yourself would theoretically be a source of completely acceptable organs, since they are, in essence, your organs, genetically identical. Of course, you'd be killing another sentient being to harvest these organs, so there's the morality issue.\n\nHuman ingenuity has always been directed towards two opposite goals, saving lives, and destroying them. The other likely reason for cloning humans is for war. Identical soldiers, genetically modified to increase their physical prowess, dexterity with their weapon, and willingness to follow orders. Why send thousands of skilled laborers, with families and children, to their deaths when you can have a clone army grown specifically to be cannon fodder?\n\nI'm sure you could think of a few more reasons, if you really thought about it.
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I'm not sure whether a human has been cloned yet, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time.  My perception is that when something is scientifically possible, it will be done.  The important thing is to have ethical standards around how and under what circumstances it is done.\n\nScience fiction has been dealing with this question for many years, and it is one reason science fiction is so important.  It constitutes a forum for working out the moral values involved in a particular technological advance by "thought experiment" before being done in laboratory experiment.\n\nThe one I have problems with is whether or not clones will have souls.  Somebody asked that on Y!A awhile back, and I answered that it's a question we will need to resolve before we get into cloning humans.  And it's a question that raises a host of others:  What is a soul?  Do people really have such things, or is it just an abstract idea with no basis in "reality."  For that matter, what is "reality?"  ("What a concept!" says Robin Williams.)  If there is really such a thing, how does it get into a person?  What difference would it make if a clone did not have one?\n\nYou see, we have some important questions to answer here.
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no....the clone is started with a single cell.....the dna is removed from one cell of the donor and place into the cell of a uterine egg cell.  The new cell is then zapped with low amounts of electricity to get the dna to start doing its job of replicating.....since the dna used is a blue print of what the makes up the  donor the new egg will develop into an identical image of the original.  But will be a younger version if it lives.....this process must be done hundreds of times if not more to get even one cell that survives the process and can live/replicate the way it should.
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Absolutely, I suggest\n\nYang X, Tian XC, (2002). Cloning adult animals - what is the genetic age of the clones? Cloning, 2(3):123-8. \n\nThat is an almost perfect review!\n\n:-) Happy reading!
775412
why would you want to clone him... dont we have to many dumb fat  bastards in this country who think they are better then they are?  i mean .. come on... what does he doe that a retarded monkey cant do?
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Mostly fiction. When cloning technologies advance, humans eventualy will be able to be cloned, but not the way they show it on "the 6th say" - we won't be able to take a human body "template", "clone" it in the matter of minutes and install previous memories of the cloned individual. Normal scientific cloning, as we know it today, would generate a zygote, which would need to be implanted in a uterus and grow as a fetus. The newborn baby would have the same DNA as the cloned individual, so it would be an identical twin in a sense, but it will need to grow as a normal child to become an adult. The clone will have its own memories and probably a different personality, since it will be raised in a different environment than the DNA donor.
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I am 100% for cloning! I think that cloning could hold the key to accelerating stem cell research, and therefore help to cure many many diseases. I also believe it could be used to clone organs and help those who await a transplant. More lives could be saved with it than any one can possibly imagine. I would not be alive right now if it were not for cloning. I am diabetic. Human recombinate DNA is cloned into ecoli bacteria. That ecoli then utilizes the DNA and produces human insulin. Get the picture?
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Humans are not the most studied organism as far as genetics go.  That's probably the mouse or fruit fly.  Humans are crappy subjects.  For one, our DNA mixes alot, we mate w/ whoever we want to.  Good genetic organisms are genetically identical from one indiv. to the next.  For two, our generation time is 20 years or so (the time between birth and having first kid).  And we only pop out 1 or 2 a year.  Good genetic organisms like mice can pop out 8 every 8 weeks or so (6 or 5 weeks if they are pushing it). Better, flies lifecycle is 1-2 weeks, and they generate thousands of offspring.  Further, we can't manipulate our genome, it's not ethical to do so.  Also, although we can communicate with each other, we haev to follow all sorts of protocols, we can't just inject people with whatever we want.  Human research is extremely slow and extremely expensive, for these reasons mainly.  Nobody wants to kill a patient during a clinical trial, many trials have been halted due to this.    Population studies on humans is very complicated and huge family trees are reqd to generate useful data.  I think these are the main reasons, dunno if i missed any.
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It is and will happen but to do it while maintaining a human form is unnecessary and to most highly objectionable.  each useful part could be "cloned" and maintained mechanically and never even be in human or embryonic form.
540271
Investigate cloning. Clone some plants
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Many people disagree; some on religious grounds (against God's will), some on ethical/moral (somehow cloning is unnatural).  given that clones have same DNA they would have same immune system and thus be vulnerable to diseases that others might resist because of variations.
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I'll assume you are talking about cloning of humans, and I'll assume you mean cloning that takes place in a laboratory, not the natural cloning that results in identical twins.  I don't think the idea itself is right or wrong, only the uses to which it is put.  If one clones a person to use as spare parts, of course that's abhorant to most of us.  If a person wanted to have a child exactly like themselves, then that might be a little odd, and maybe a bit warped for the kid, but I'm not sure it would be worse than the way a lot of kids are raised-and at least the parent would understand a lot about the kid.  But, I don't see much use in cloning..unless we as a society wished to clone some great genius, like Shakespeare or Newton, and DaVinci- I could see that as being exciting and possibly as useful to the society as a whole, but I'm not sure how badly that would interfer with the rights of child, and whether they would be happy with it, horrified, whatever...The young princes of England have to deal with constant media scrutiny and a lack of privacy, but nobody suggests the royal family shouldnt have children... It's complex-In the end, I don't think there will be enough of a positive possible outcome to really generate any excitement about doing it that would overcome our natural repulsion of the idea ("we" meaning Western society).  In other societies, though, the variable of the equation might be totally different than what we as Americans and Europeans might feel.\n*edit* I didnt even think about extinct animals- now that would be a *really* interesting debate, that would likely make for some very odd bedfellows and enemies!  Do we bring back the Dodo, the passenger pigeon? Or even the Mammoth?  That might very well generate enough societal excitement to actually get done, if it were possible..
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Per Genetic Savings and Clone's Website (They do Pet Cloning): \nCost:  "For cat cloning we charge $32,000 (plus sales tax where applicable). Because dog cloning is significantly more difficult than cat cloning, the initial price of our dog cloning service will likely be higher. We'll set that price after we succeed in cloning Missy. We plan to continue to reduce the price of our cloning services as we increase our efficiency."\n\nI can't find an exact length of time, but Gizmo (one of the cloned cats) originally died in March 2004 and the clone was born that December.  I can't remember what a cat's gestation period is.
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It depends on what kind of cloning. In any case, the first five steps are the same.\n\n1. retrieve an egg cell\n2. remove the nucleus of the egg cell\n3. retrieve a somatic cell of the individual whom you would like to clone (a somatic cell is any cell in your body that isnt an egg/sperm, since those are haploid. you need a diploid cell).\n4. insert the nucleus of the somatic cell into the enucleated egg cell (the egg cell will now "be tricked into thinking" it's fertilized and will begin to form an embryo).\n5. Provide growth factors needed to facilitate growth--allow embryo to grow to a blastocyst.\n\nAs for the 6th step, this is where it can differ. \n\nFor reproductive cloning: cloning through which a cloned individual is formed, the blastocyst which is formed is implanted into a surrogate womb of whatever animal/species you are trying to clone. Within the womb it continues to develop and the surrogate eventually gives birth to the cloned individual.\n\nIn therapeutic cloning, the next step involves the destruction of the embryo be removing the cells within the blastocyst. These cells are called stem cells and are very important for current research. These stem cells will have the same genetic information as the individual from which the somatic cell was taken. I wont really go into stem cell research, because that's a topic in and of itself.
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Hi there, \n\nYou are absolutely right. It is likely that Human Cloning will be accepted in the future. Just think of it...Wouldn't it be wonderful to clone persons like Einstein, Socrates, and other great people who have influenced this world? \n\nBut I think there must be restrictions on whom to clone. If not, the population of this world will rise rapidly. Also, it will give rise to unnecessary chaos and disorder regarding who is who. \n\nAnd I also think the technology should be known to a limited number of scientists, because there is a likely chance of illegal cloning (as in the movie 'The Sixth Day')\nIf every person gets to know the technology, he can take the creation into his own hands, and so all the unethical things are likely to happen. \n\nSo, on the whole, Human Cloning isn't a bad idea, provided there are 'proper' laws made and 'implemented', and people think rationally.\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny\n\nEdit: Well, I do agree with you that a lot depends on the society and the brought-up of the person, but I was just trying to bring out a point there. I needed an example thats it. I completely agree with you.
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It is entirely possible, however we are more than just the product of our genetic code, the clone would be a completely different individual. But although it possible, it is illegal to experiment with cloning of human beings. However, it is a matter of time before someone breaks that law if they have not done so already. Then again maybe they have done it in a country like China that in most instances would ignore international law.