• Question: do you think that we will ever be able to achieve human cloning, and if so, how long do you think it will take?

    Asked by 777nenp39 to Tiernan, Sonia, Mossy, Maureen, Bernard on 10 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Sonia Lenehan

      Sonia Lenehan answered on 10 Nov 2018:

      We already can! We have been able to clone other animals. The issue with human cloning is that it comes down to is it right to do something like this, does it benefit us as humans? And the answers to these questions are no it does not benefit us so no it is not right to do it.

    • Photo: Maureen

      Maureen answered on 12 Nov 2018:

      I think we could clone people if we wanted to, but it would take a lot of time (at least 9 months- the clone would have to be born like us!).

      One really important use of cloning is to try to save species that have already gone extinct. They brought back an extinct Pyrenean ibex once already!
      https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/4409958/Extinct-ibex-is-resurrected-by-cloning.html

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