Why We Should Not Clone Humans Animal cloning has produced some remarkable results within the last few years, which has suggested to some that there should be a way to produce a human clone within the next year. Many news articles have appeared recently highlighting the potential to clone a human baby in order to replace a loved one who died as a newborn. But perhaps more important is the concern that we do not fully understand the science behind the successes from animal cloning experiments. While it is true that these scientists have accomplished amazing feats of science, what is also apparent are the tremendous risks that are undertaken each time cloning technology is attempted.
Animal cloning is extremely inefficient.
Even then it's survival beyond the perinatal period is unlikely. There is no solution to this quagmire in the foreseeable future. And thus there is no reason to believe that any different outcomes will occur if and when human cloning begins. Before going into the details of why these abnormalities are thought to occur, it is important to have a basic understanding of what in essence happens in order to clone an animal. First, a donor cell is found, which has its original DNA extracted and discarded.