Clinical research and biomedicine - Cloning and the law
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What was the first cloned animal?
What are the 2 different types of cloning?
- Reproductive cloning
- = to produce a living duplicate of animals/human
- Therapeutic cloning
- = used to isolate the embryonic stem cells for research or treatment
What are the 3 different techniques of cloning?
- Embryo splitting: leading to twins
- Nuclear substitution: replacing the nucleus of an embryo or egg with another nucleus
- Cell nuclear replacement: replacing the nucleus of a cell with another nucleus from a cell and electronically stimulating
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What are the 4 concerns related to cloning?
- Violation of human dignity: the embryo is used as a means to an end
- Experiments with animal cloning: very low success rate, risks and high costs
- Long-term effect of human cloning cannot be foreseen
- Therapeutic cloning could lead to reproductive cloning
How does the EU act in cloning?
- Art. 3.2 Charter of fundamental rights: prohibition of reproductive cloning
- Art. 6.2 a Biotechnology Directive: non patentable
- EP Resolution 2000: critical about therapeutic cloning
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