1. The Pros and Cons of Cloning Group members: Halmagyi Melinda Donca Roxana Deak Noemi Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania January 7 th 2011

2. Content Introduction Definition of cloning Brief chronology Body Potential benefits/risks of cloning Point of views: Scientist Ethicist Legislator Conclusions

3. What is cloning? cloning ="trunk, branch“ (greek) creating genetically identical individuals types of cloning: - molecular cloning - organism cloning - human cloning

4. Chronology before the 1990´s – various attempts of cloning organisms 1996 – Dolly since 1997 – until our days: - many tries of cloning other animals, like dogs, mice, pigs, wolves, etc. with several successes - reserches on cloning human cells

5. Dolly first mammal cloned from adult DNA 1996 – 2003

6. Potential benefits/risks of cloning Benefits to produce organs or tissues to repair or replace the damaged ones (organ transplants) infertile couples could be able to have children reconstructive and cosmetic surgery cure genetic or other diseases

7. Risks highly inefficient and very expensive clones live short and unhealthy life unsafe process ( miscarriages and deformities) lose the uniqueness of every human

9. Points of view Scientist Scientist Ethicist Ethicist Legislator Legislator

10. Scientific issues the process of cloning the process of cloning

11. Ethical issues those who argue in favour: - curing diseases, organ transplants, avoiding genetic malformations - longer life, hopes of eternal life - anyone could have children - scientific research for the benefit of humanity

12. Those who argue against: - reduce the value of life - loss of individuality - confusing relationships - offensive to human dignity - would mark the cloned person more as a replacement rather than a fellow human being

14. Legislative issues human cloning - the source of debates by many countries the need for legislative policies is particularly great because: – –many unknowns concerning human cloning – –the absence of any effective system to license private research laboratories

15. without a ban, clones are exposed to “potential abuse, prejudice and discrimination” the government – protect the public health from catastrophic consequences social control is necessary

17. Conclusions there are a lot of benefits of cloning, but we should not forget the risks

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