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Human cloning is the replication of a human using the DNA in the cells of the donor.  Human embryos have been cloned for use in research, but no credible scientist or scientific organisation has attempted to implant a cloned embryo. In the United States and many other countries, implanting a cloned embryo is illegal.

Human cloning is the replication of a human using the [[DNA]] in the cells of the donor.  Human embryos have been cloned for use in research, but no credible scientist or scientific organization has attempted to implant a cloned embryo. In the [[United States]] and many other countries, implanting a cloned embryo is illegal and often considered immoral.

Many of the social and legal ramifications of human cloning have not yet been addressed. For example, would a clone be the child of its donor, or its sibling (genetically, a clone is simply an artificial identical twin)? If these questions cannot be properly answered, there could be severe repercussions for inheritance laws, not to mention the the immorality of it.

Many of the social and legal ramifications of human cloning have not yet been addressed. For example, would a clone be the child of its donor, or its sibling (genetically, a clone is simply an artificial identical twin)? If these questions cannot be properly answered, there could be severe repercussions for inheritance laws.

[[Category:Genetics]]

[[Category:Genetics]]