Science of Human Cloning: Positive and Negative Effects

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SCIENCE OF HUMAN CLONING
The science of human cloning has brought the probability of saving many people from
life-threatening and deliberating diseases and therefore it is important to adopt this technology
(Bertrand 42). Human cloning can be defined as the creation of a genetically identical copy of a
human through the reproduction of human tissues and cells. This technology can bring about
both positive and negative effects.
According to Laurentiu (15), human cloning eradicates faulty genes. Though genetic
diseases are not the major cause of deaths in today’s society, there is a high possibility to be the
ones in the future. As human continues to reproduce, there is an increased damage in their DNA
line which are the major causes of defective genes. Cloning mostly involves selection of healthy
human cells and this helps in eliminating defective genes. However, cloning mostly is done using
older cells and genes of human beings. These cells can lead to premature ageing and also early
deaths. This is because the imprinted age of these cells used is easily transferred to the growing
embryo.
Secondly, human cloning has reduced the levels of infertility in most families. Though
there are modern treatments of infertility, cloning has reached great heights whereby one can