Regeneration

Reproductive Regeneration

How Regeneration (Cloning) Works

Cloning is an asexual form of reproduction. All the child's genes would come from a body cell of a single individual:

The nucleus of the maternal or donor Egg is removed (anucleation)
The nucleus of a body cell (skin, hair, muscle,etc.) is inserted into the anucleated egg.
The egg with the new nucleus is then stimulated to undergo further divisions (cell division) using chemicals, electricity or other stimuli.
Once cell division occurs, the Embryo is then cultured and transferred into the Uterus of the mother or recipient.
For deceased individuals, additional steps may be necessary depending on the condition of the cells used.

Human cloning – what is it ?

The word "cloning" etymologically comes from the Greek "klonos" which means branching or budding and it insinuates some sort of "asexual reproduction". There are two types of human cloning that need to be differentiated: therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning.

Therapeutic cloning enables the creation of embryonic stem cells. Stem cells are multifunctional cells which can be further specialized into brain cells, liver cells etc. These stem cells are genetically identical to the ones of the original cell donor and can therefore be used to create specialized cells artificially in order to fight diseases and eventually even create genetically compatible organs.

Reproductive human cloning gives life to a new human being. Until recently only sexual reproduction or artificial reproduction techniques e.g. IVF existed. Reproductive cloning represents a new reproduction technique by which life can be given to an identical twin of the original cell donor.

How is cloning employed and who is it for ?

Therapeutic cloning can be used to fight diseases and assist in repairing damaged or deficient organs. Once specialized cells can be derived from cloned embryos the following diseases threatening millions of people on earth may be treated:

Brain disorders like Parkinson and Alzheimer that can be corrected from the newly derived neurons or brain cells.
Diabetes from the newly derived insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells.
Spinal cord injuries or damages that can be corrected from the newly derived nerve cells.
Autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis from the newly derived cells of blood and bone marrow.
Cancer from the newly derived healthy cells that can replace cancerous cells.

In addition, it will help to save the lives of the thousands of people worldwide waiting for an organ transplantation by helping to create artificial organs. Not only is it difficult today to obtain an organ but even if organs are available many are being rejected by the body because of incompatibility; let alone the brutal way some organs are being obtained i.e. by buying them from people in third world countries or even extracting them without the donor's consent !

Therapeutic cloning will eventually provide genetically 100% compatible organs such as livers, kidneys etc. and therefore save the lives of those who would perish without it.

Reproductive human cloning can assist:

Infertile couples: we have received many requests from infertile couples who cannot have children even after years of Infertility treatments. For those people cloning is the only way to have a child of their own genetic offspring.
Homosexuals: they cannot have a child today that is 100% related to them genetically but human cloning will provide this possibility for them.

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Dr. Panayiotis Zavos, World Renowned Reproductive Specialist.

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