Types of Cloning

There are three types of cloning, Embryo Cloning, Therapeutic Cloning and Reproductive Cloning. Embryo Cloning is a technique that consists of a fertilized embryo cell being transferred into a double embryo thus producing identical twins/ triplets and so on..Therapeutic Cloning involves cloning cells from an adult for use in medicine and is an active area of research. Because of their similar procedures, Embryo Cloning is sometimes also referred to as Therapeutic Cloning. Its stem cells are extracted and encouraged to grow in a piece of human tissue or a complete human organ for transplant. So this wouldn’t be an actual human clone, it would just be a replacement organ. Clone. The next type of cloning is Reproductive cloning. And this type of cloning involves cloning an entire human. Research for this type of cloning hasn’t really lifted of the ground yet since it’s illegal in many countries.