History of Human Cloning

Cloning is basically the process by which a genetically identical copy of a particular bacteria, plant or animal is produced by reproduction. J.B.S Haldane, an eminent Scottish biologist, coined the term clone. The history of cloning can be traced back to 1880s, when many scientists attempted to prove how the genetic material, inside the cell wrapped whilst trying to prove that the genetic material is not lost during cell division, Hans Dreish cloned growing them independently. In 102, Hans Spemman repeated the same process with a salamander. Other than the successful attempts at cloning various animal species, the 20th century was also marketed by some of the major advancement in the field of genealogy. The successful deciphering of the DNA code in 1968 came as a major boost for the much-aspired human called Auoncd 20 years later in 1988 the human genome i.e. the genome of homo sapiens stored in 23 chromosome pairs was found. As things were working fine towards the development of human clone, a major setback came in the form of human cloning prohibition act of 2009, which deemed cloning as unlawful, unethical and an immoral activity. The opposition to cloning of human came from the Scientific Community, who were not satisfied with the result of animal cloning as well as the religious community, which regarded human cloning to be an activity interjecting between human life and procreation. Sakshi Tyagi 11-C