Question

You may have learned about the sheep clone Dolly in your science class. Although this experiment was greeted as a great success, there are many opponents to human cloning. Despite this, there are some advocates of human cloning. What would be a specific benefit of human cloning? A) The creation of a super race of humans. B) Crops can be modified to resist disease. C) Infertile couples could have children that contained some of their genetic make-up. D) Infertile couples could have children that contained none of their genetic make-up.

Answer 1

The right answer is C) Infertile couples could have children that contained some of their genetic make-up.

The technique of transfer of nuclei could offer new chances of pregnancy for a couple having difficulties to have a child. But it is at the same time all the filiation that we jostle. And by exposing the child to enormous risks of genetic and physiological abnormalities in development, even if we can reduce the frequency of these developmental anomalies, there is no reason to say that we can reduce their frequency to the same level. than that of sexual reproduction. This may be the only application of reproductive cloning to humans.

For therapeutic cloning, the main application concerns grafting techniques. Embryo cells from abortions have already been grafted onto humans.

Answer 2

C, Infertile couples could have children that contained some of their genetic make-up would be a specific benefit of human cloning.