One pros is that it could be used to grow stem cells. Stem cells are cells that repair and build the human body as we live, and the growing of these would have a extreme advance in medicine. The cloned cell could help the person to heal faster and to even grow organs. This also could be used from a diseased donor and grow these cell in a lab to study them and possibly make a treatment for it("Nature of Stem ccells"). Another advantage is To clone livestock for breeding or for food. As most cows used for meat are neutered soon after birth and the only way the meat can be observed is after the cow is slaughtered, the cow's cell could then be harvested and it could be used in breeding other good cows ("Why Clone").
One con could be organ farming. This is using human clones as more or less cattle. The "cattle" would be killed after the time where the desired organs completed growing.("Why Clone")The idea of these has been around as long as the idea of cloning has been around and is considered by most to be inhuman. Another con is the small success rate. There are many problems(more then normal growth) as there is a 0.1% to 3% rate of success, this is just the percent of the cell transfer("clone risks"). There also is problems later on as the clones don't survive as long as the originals and the one that do can sometimes survive suffer from LOS or larger offspring syndrome, this means that they have larger organs and this leads to issues in breathing,blood, and other problems("Clone Risks"). On the subject of aging there is the issue of cloning an older organism as their telomeres are small then that of a younger form(telomeres shorten as cell divides over live).Dolly the sheep had a shorter telomeres than that of sheep her age and showed that her cells were dividing faster. In some other clones the telomeres were longer than normal in cloned cows and mice show that they would have a longer life span. To this date clone engineers are not sure why the cloned animals show these different telomere length.
"The Nature of Stem Cells." The Nature of Stem Cells. Sepa, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.
"What Are the Risks of Cloning?" What Are the Risks of Cloning? Business Pundit, 19 Feb. 2009. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.
One con could be organ farming. This is using human clones as more or less cattle. The "cattle" would be killed after the time where the desired organs completed growing.("Why Clone")The idea of these has been around as long as the idea of cloning has been around and is considered by most to be inhuman. Another con is the small success rate. There are many problems(more then normal growth) as there is a 0.1% to 3% rate of success, this is just the percent of the cell transfer("clone risks"). There also is problems later on as the clones don't survive as long as the originals and the one that do can sometimes survive suffer from LOS or larger offspring syndrome, this means that they have larger organs and this leads to issues in breathing,blood, and other problems("Clone Risks"). On the subject of aging there is the issue of cloning an older organism as their telomeres are small then that of a younger form(telomeres shorten as cell divides over live).Dolly the sheep had a shorter telomeres than that of sheep her age and showed that her cells were dividing faster. In some other clones the telomeres were longer than normal in cloned cows and mice show that they would have a longer life span. To this date clone engineers are not sure why the cloned animals show these different telomere length.
"The Nature of Stem Cells." The Nature of Stem Cells. Sepa, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2015.
"What Are the Risks of Cloning?" What Are the Risks of Cloning? Business Pundit, 19 Feb. 2009. Web. 29 Apr. 2015.