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reproductive cloning
(redirected from Human cloning)

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Noun1.reproductive cloning - making a full living copy of an organism; requires a surrogate mother
cloning - a general term for the research activity that creates a copy of some biological entity (a gene or organism or cell)
human reproductive cloning - the reproductive cloning of a sentient human being; generally considered ethically unacceptable


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Burt alleged that recent MCCL news releases were "absolutely false" in stating that the university's "Stem Cell Institute is believed to be pursuing human cloning for research purposes.
Those amazing medical and scientific feats are only the tip of the iceberg when the potential of human cloning is concerned.
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