• Question: Will cloning become a standard medical procedure?

    Asked by beth5000 to Claire, Kate, Matt, Rob, Sam on 24 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by tdmj, ihatecheese, raniahxoxo.
    • Photo: Sam Geen

      Sam Geen answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      Possibly! One possibility would be to clone new organs – one problem with organ donors is that it’s hard to find them, and often people “reject” organs if your body thinks they’re not from your body. So if you could clone a new heart, you could avoid these problems.

    • Photo: Claire Lee

      Claire Lee answered on 24 Jun 2013:

      There are a lot of ethical questions about cloning (especially when talking about cloning entire creatures), but personally I think it’s a good idea – particularly for Sam’s reason above.

    • Photo: Robert Woolfson

      Robert Woolfson answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      Cloned organs, maybe. Producing new healthy organs to replace broken ones would be a revolution in medical science.

      Cloning people is a lot more complicated, both scientifically and ethically. Personally, I don’t think we should clone people because I don’t think it’s either safe or a good think to do. One of each of us is enough most of the time. For more information, take a look at:

      http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/18/human-cloning-heart-disease-genes

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