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... Therapeutic cloning is a procedure that makes the development of stem cells possible, which yield cures and antidotes for many diseases. The goal for therapeutic cloning “is to provide embryonic stem cells that provide genetic models of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and auto-immune conditions for medical research”(Stanford 1). ... Therapeutic cloning must be protected so vital research for incurable diseases can be made. ...
In many ways, stem cells are the key to life. There are two types of stem cells: embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells. An adult stem cell is a somatic cell; in other words, it is any body cell. An embryonic stem cell is both a somatic cell and an adult stem cell derived from an embryo, but unlike adult stem cells, it has the possibility to become any adult cell. A stem cell is a cell that can be programmed to be any type of cell in the body (Weldon 1). Therefore, a stem cell can be programmed to become a bone marrow cell to replace the cancerous one of a victim of leukemia. Many, many, diseases can be cured using stem cells. However, stem cells can only be created through therapeutic cloning. ... First, the nucleus of an unfertilized egg cell, a blastocyst, must be removed. Next, they replace the nucleus with the DNA of a somatic cell, or a body cell. Then, the cell is stimulated to make the cell to start dividing, creating stem cells of the cell type needed for the cure (Stanford 1). ... Without therapeutic cloning, none of these stem cells can be developed. ...
Although not much about therapeutic cloning is publicized, experiments with therapeutic cloning and stem cell research have already begun.
Approximate Word count = 1340
Approximate Pages = 5.4
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