Telomeres and the ethics of human cloning |
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Authors: | Allhoff Fritz |
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Institution: | University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. |
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Abstract: | In search of a potential problem with cloning, I investigate the phenomenon of telomere shortening which is caused by cell replication; clones created from somatic cells will have shortened telomeres and therefore reach a state of senescence more rapidly. While genetic intervention might fix this problem at some point in the future, I ask whether, absent technological advances, this biological phenomenon undermines the moral permissibility of cloning. |
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