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Part 7 - Why Reproductive Animal Cloning?


Why have scientists engaged in cloning research? There are a number of reasons. First, Much of the motivation toward mammalian cloning is motivated by the desire to replicate specific adult individuals who possess desirable traits such as steer that produces a high quality of steak or a cow that produces milk in large quantities. The potential of cloning is immense. Pigs may be cloned with the objective of transplanting their organs for the benefit of humans, for the purposes of assisting in the treatment of hemophilia, and even for the use of bio weapons. Each of these is a motivation for mastering the capacity for cloning.