https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d The biology behind cloning humans, if it is possible or not, and why we don't do it more often. en-us 2018-01-03 17:26:25 UTC 2023-12-28 15:54:09 UTC hello@padlet.com hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218577835 http://www.businessinsider.com/can-you-clone-a-human-2016-7
https://www.genome.gov/25020028/cloning-fact-sheet/
www.dictionary.com
http://www.stemcellfoundation.net.au/docs/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-4---therapeutic-cloning-(somatic-cell-nuclear-transfer).pdf?sfvrsn=5


]]> 2018-01-03 17:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218577835 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218578186 Dolly The Sheep was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult of its species. She was cloned on July 5th, 1996. ]]> 2018-01-03 17:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218578186 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218578954 The definition of the word clone is a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
Clones do happen in nature, more often than you think. Some bacteria reproduce asexually by making a clone of themselves. Clones also occur naturally in twins. Identical twins are considered natural clones because they have nearly the same genetic makeup. So, technically, yes, it is possible to clone humans because natural clones occur all the time. Also, scientists cloned Dolly the Sheep so why can't they clone humans? The answer is, they can, but there is a reason that they won't. ]]> 2018-01-03 17:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218578954 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218581499

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]]> 2018-01-03 17:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218581499 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218582504 In order to study genes, researchers will clone them. First, they take a cell from the organism they wish to clone and insert it into a "vector", a carrier for the gene. Vectors can be bacteria, yeast cells, viruses, or plasmids. Then, the vector is placed in lab conditions so that it can multiply.]]> 2018-01-03 17:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/218582504 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/219457777 Cloning isn't always as easy as it was for Dolly The Sheep. According to Hank Greely of Stanford University, "I think no one realized how hard cloning would be in some species though relatively easy in others. Cats: easy; dogs: hard; mice: easy; rats: hard; humans and other primates: very hard.” In other words, the genetic makeup of humans is hard to clone.]]> 2018-01-08 17:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/219457777 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/219460879 First of all, who really needs a clone of himself or herself? To clean, maybe do some errands? Some people would use it to take over the world, and that's just dangerous. The human race would definitely use clones to their advantage to do bad things and we don't deserve the right. ]]> 2018-01-08 17:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/219460879 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/225748223 If we eventually figure out how to clone humans, people think that we may be able to, in the future, determine the traits that our children have. Obviously, this is a parent's dream, but there is also a different side. There are stereotypes, and all parents want their kids to be the "perfect child" based on American stereotypes. So, a lot of the kids would have the same characteristics, like blond hair, blue eyes, intelligent, etc. What is beautiful about the human race is that everyone is different and special in their own way. However, if everyone chose, they would probably all be the same, and everyone would be "perfect" which I think would be miserable.]]> 2018-01-29 17:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/225748223 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/226696790 Reproductive cloning is the type of cloning they used to clone Dolly the Sheep. It involves taking a gene from a donor animal and placing it in a vector, or carrier, and eventually you get a clone of the donor animal.]]> 2018-01-31 17:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/226696790 hillary_delaney_ https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/226698508 Therapeutic cloning is performed by removing the nucleus from a cell of one animal and placing it into the unfertilized egg of another animal with the nucleus also removed.]]> 2018-01-31 17:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hillary_delaney_/usfwemsy1x9d/wish/226698508