Return to Human Cloning Home Page Why would anyone want to create cloned human embryos? Some scientists think that stem cells extracted from cloned human embryos will be useful for the treatment of human diseases.  They claim that a clone of the patient will...

Return to Human Cloning Home Page Does research on cloned human embryos cause the death of those embryos? Yes.  When scientists dismember cloned human embryos by extracting their stem cells, the inner cell mass is destroyed, causing the death of the...

Return to Human Cloning Home Page Does a human cloning ban prohibit in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques? No.  A ban on human cloning only prohibits the creation of cloned human embryos (through asexual reproduction).  In vitro fertilization is sexual...

Return to Human Cloning Home Page Embryonic stem cell researchers comment on the challenges of using stem cells from embryos: Rarely have specific growth factors or culture conditions led to establishment of cultures containing a single cell type….[T]he...

Return to Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research Myth: Nearly 400,000 embryos derived from in vitro fertilization are currently frozen and destined to be destroyed. Reality: The “400,000 frozen embryos” estimate originates from a study published by the RAND...

Return to Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research Cloned Human Embryonic Stem Cells Cloned human embryonic stem cells are derived from a cloned human embryo created by asexual reproduction.  Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is the scientific term for one of the...

Return to Human Cloning and Stem Cell Research What is a stem cell? Stem cells serve as a repair system for the body.  They have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types, and they can replenish other cells.  When a stem cell...