According to People's Daily newspaper in Britain, Chinese scientist Pei Xuetao and his research team have successfully cloned human tissues and will proceed to clone human organs. If you could clone an entire being, I would think you could certainly clone a lousy pancreas. Julie Anderson, assistant professor of biology, said cloned organs would be more successful in a body than transplanted donor organs. Anderson said that prospect, however, is on hold until scientists can figure out how to initiate the developmental process of cells in a tube or petri dish. We don't yet understand how certain cells become liver or muscle or skin or heart cells.
Scientists say a more likely prospect is the cloning of an entire human being.
Entire organisms including sheep, mice and cattle have been cloned successfully. I think it is going to happen. The questions surrounding cloning, then, become based in morality rather than scientific possibilities. Anderson said she thinks society would be willing to accept the cloning of individual organs more than the cloning of an entire human being. Scientists have justified their cloning research in the last several years with the advances that can be made in medicine and agriculture.