• Question: Is it likely that cloning will become a standard medical procedure in the future?

    Asked by Supriya to Jackie, Michele, Oliver, Vicky, Yelong on 9 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Yelong Wei

      Yelong Wei answered on 9 Mar 2015:


      Actually I do not have any experience about this question, as far as I know cloning is a sword of two faces, it is helpful for organ reproduction, but it is still controversial for potential crimes, I am doubt that it can become a standard medical procedure.

    • Photo: Oliver Brown

      Oliver Brown answered on 9 Mar 2015:


      I would guess not, since there are too many obvious problems it could cause and too few reasonable solutions. Who can really say what the future will bring though?

    • Photo: Vicky Bayliss

      Vicky Bayliss answered on 10 Mar 2015:


      who knows. this is totally out of my area of knowledge so you probably know the answer as well as I do.

      I hope not though – I’m not sure how I would feel if I walked down a street and met myself. or if I had to compete against myself in a job interview – how would anyone choose?

    • Photo: Michele Faucci Giannelli

      Michele Faucci Giannelli answered on 16 Mar 2015:


      I think that cloning of specific tissues will become available and will be used in the near future. As I have said in similar questions I still think that a better option is going mechanical but it may very well a mixture of the two. I hope to get there 🙂

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