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Asked by will.r to Aaron, David, Elaine, Sarah, Zoe on 14 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by Elliot.
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Zoe Roberts answered on 14 Nov 2014:
Yes I think it will be possible to clone a human. A sheep has been cloned and that is not too distant genetically from a human. However, I don’t think we will ever be able to clone a person with the same thoughts, emotions and skills. I think people are too unique for that to happen. I also like that fact there are 7billion people in this world and there is only one me!
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David Foley answered on 15 Nov 2014:
Well I’m assuming you’re not talking about identical twins? 🙂
We have the technology to clone humans, but it is illegal to even attempt to do so. It’s one of the few absolute “no-no’s” in scientific research. To quote Jurassic Park:
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should”
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Sarah Ashwood answered on 21 Nov 2014:
The technology is there, but as people said it’s illegal. It’s a big ethical issue as to whether it is correct to clone humans. As it is unlikely a clone would have the same emotions/thoughts/skills as those things have as much to do with the environmental influence as is does genetics.
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