INTRODUCTION:
Cloning is the process of making numerous copies of organisms or cells or of individual genes which are genetically identical. It refers to the transfer of somatic cells nucleus into an ovum which then grows into an embryo. Both reproductive and therapeutic cloning share many techniques but are done for different purposes. Reproductive cloning is mainly done for cloning animals for research, cloning endangered species to expand the population, cloning extinct species to research their behavior and other characteristics. Therapeutic cloning is embryo cloning, where nuclear transplantation of a patient's cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be derived for transplant... Read More
