Clones, cloning and so much more
Back in 1996 we broke NEW ground scientifically. Remember
Dolly?
She was a cloned SHEEP that was supposed to help end world
hunger. By cloning meat animals it would have been beneficial for under
developed countries. That was how they talked about it on TV….
She was a success. So why did the experiment STOP in its
tracks?????
More importantly – WHAT precisely are they cloning NOW????
Dolly was NOT the first to be cloned, she was the first
SUCCESSFUL clone…. Prior attempts did not end in positive results…
Why was Dolly so
important?
Dolly
was important because she was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell.
Her birth proved that specialised cells could be used to create an exact copy
of the animal they came from. This knowledge changed what scientists thought
was possible and opened up a lot of possibilities in biology and medicine,
including the development of personalised stem cells known as iPS cells.
However,
Dolly was not the first ever cloned mammal. That honour belongs to another
sheep which was cloned from an embryo cell and born in 1984 in Cambridge, UK.
Two other sheep, Megan and Morag, had also been cloned from embryonic cells
grown in the lab at The Roslin Institute in 1995 and six other sheep, cloned
from embryonic and foetal cells, were born at Roslin at the same time as Dolly.
What made Dolly so special was that she had been made from an adult cell, which
no-one at the time thought was possible.
Dolly was even able to reproduce – meaning get pregnant and
deliver healthy babies……
They HAVE cloned cats…….
11. What about cloning pets?
It
is understandable that someone would want to clone a beloved pet after it dies.
However, there would still be significant differences between the clone and the
original pet, both in their looks and personality. A good example of this is
the first cloned cat CC and her DNA donor Rainbow. Although CC is Rainbow’s
clone and shares her DNA, the two cats look completely different. This is
because coat colour and pattern is influenced by the environment in the womb,
something which cannot be replicated by cloning.
And they CAN clone humans….
12. Can humans be cloned? Is anyone doing this?
It
is technically possible to clone humans using the same method which made Dolly.
However, following the debate surrounding Dolly’s birth, human cloning for the
purposes of producing more humans (reproductive cloning) has been banned in
many countries around the world, including the UK. There have been some claims
in the media of successful human reproductive cloning, but no scientific
evidence has been produced to support these claims.
When
Dolly the Sheep was unveiled to the public, many concerns were raised about the
possibility of using the same technology to clone humans. The scientists who
were involved in the research which produced Dolly have discussed the ethical
implications of her birth in many places, from scientific conferences to media
interviews and public events, and have repeatedly stated their opposition to
human reproductive cloning. In the days following the announcement of Dolly’s
birth to the media, Prof Ian Wilmut spoke in front of the US Congress and the
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee as part of their enquiries
into cloning.
Therapeutic
cloning, where cloned human embryos are created for the sole purpose of
producing embryonic stem cells for clinical research or use, is permitted by
law in the UK but is very tightly controlled by the government. In therapeutic
cloning, the embryos are only ever grown in the lab and aren’t transferred into
a surrogate womb. Stem cells produced by therapeutic cloning are a genetic
match to their DNA donor, who could be a patient with a disease such as motor
neuron disease or diabetes. Stem cells which have been cloned from patients
like these can be studied by scientists to discover more about what happens to
cells in these diseases or could provide a source of patient-matched stem cells
to replace faulty cells in the patient’s body.
Although
scientists have produced human embryos by therapeutic cloning,
iPS cell technology is a more efficient method of producing patient-specific
stem cells and has fewer ethical concerns attached to it. As a result, it is
now a far more commonly used method than therapeutic cloning. Therapeutic cloning
in the UK is regulated by the Human
Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
This
short video from EuroStemCell,
featuring Professor Sir Ian Wilmut who led the research which produced
Dolly, explains the difference between reproductive cloning and
therapeutic cloning and discusses the ethical issues associated with them.
Here is a full list of what they admit to PUBLICALLY that
they have cloned….
Considering many of these animals have far more complex DNA
than a HUMAN does……. It is not a far stretch to KNOW that behind the scenes
human cloning experimentation is happening….
But on WHO????
One Facebook page has some theories….
Many know about the conspiracy theories going around. I
personally share a bunch of the ones I find interesting…. Even ones who claim
certain celebrities have been cloned…..
The most recent of these is that MANY high profile people
have been arrested and executed for being involved in child sex trafficking.
Somewhere on my Facebook wall are plenty of these shares.
Some of these names include Bill and Hillary Clinton. There
ARE articles that say both have been arrested and executed and the ones we see
on TV are clones OR CGI. The list I shared is quite extensive as well…..
There are celebrities coming forward who talk of cloning and
experimentation and many other things most consider crazy and impossible….
But cloning a human IS possible and has been attempted…. We
clone stem cells all the time for scientific purposes…..
Before you brush off these people talking about human clones……
Look into the research on cloning…. Then you will see it IS possible and likely
occurring behind the scenes…..
My question though is WHO are they cloning and WHY????
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