Science Daily: Not one, not two, not three, but four clones: First quantum cloning machine to produce four copies
Scientists in China have produced a theory for a quantum cloning machine able to produce several copies of the state of a particle at atomic or sub-atomic scale, or quantum state. The advance could ...
Not one, not two, not three, but four clones: First quantum cloning machine to produce four copies
Cloning is the process of generating a genetically identical copy of a cell or an organism. Cloning happens often in nature, as when a cell replicates itself asexually without genetic alteration or recombination.
Cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity.
Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical genomes, either by natural or artificial means. In nature, some organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction; this reproduction of an organism by itself without a mate is known as parthenogenesis.
Cloning is a technique scientists use to create exact genetic replicas of genes, cells, or animals.
Cloning a gene usually involves copying the DNA sequence of that gene into a smaller, more easily manipulated piece of DNA, such as a plasmid. This process makes it easier to study the function of the individual gene in the laboratory.
While the purpose of cloning is to create an exact replica — cloning a human that appears identical to the original — it raises the questions as to whether the cloned human is an individual separate from the original and is due the same rights as any other human.