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...
Embryos and Cloning
Policy and Human Cloning
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...
The Science of Human Cloning
Return to Human Cloning Home Page How is a human being cloned? Human beings are cloned through asexual reproduction. Currently, the main process of asexual reproduction used is somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). What is asexual reproduction? Asexual...
Human Cloning
What is Human Cloning? Cloning is a form of asexual reproduction. One method of asexual reproduction is somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), in which the nucleus from a human egg is discarded and a somatic cell (any human cell other than an egg or sperm cell)...
