Is it possible to make a clone of someone?

The news that researchers have used cloning to make human embryos for the purpose of producing stem cells may have some people wondering if it would ever be possible to clone a person. Although it would be unethical, experts say it is likely biologically possible to clone a human being.

What would it cost to clone a human?

Zavos believes estimates the cost of human cloning to be at least $50,000, hopefully dropping in price to the vicinity of $20,000 to $10,000, which is the approximate cost of in vitro fertilization (Kirby 2001), although there are other estimates that range from $200,000 to $2 million (Alexander 2001).

Can clones be female?

yes, female clones exist in Star Wars. There are no known examples that I can think of in canon but logically they exist, in Legends we have examples. None were soldiers in the Clone armies though. No clone trooper could have been female unless some weirdo Kaminoan engineered one that way.

Can u clone males?

Male animals have been cloned before, but only using fetal cells, which are much easier to clone because of their early stage of development. “Our results demonstrate that cloning using adult somatic cells is not restricted to female or reproductive cells,” they wrote.

Is cloning humans illegal?

Under the AHR Act, it is illegal to knowingly create a human clone, regardless of the purpose, including therapeutic and reproductive cloning. In reproductive cloning, the embryo is not destroyed, but is transferred into a woman’s uterus for the purpose of creating a genetically identical individual.

How can I be a clone?

To make a clone, scientists transfer the DNA from an animal’s somatic cell into an egg cell that has had its nucleus and DNA removed. The egg develops into an embryo that contains the same genes as the cell donor. Then the embryo is implanted into an adult female’s uterus to grow.

Is it possible to clone a female from a male?

As stated by others, you can clone a female from a male by doubling the X chromosome. However, this would cause any X-linked traits that the source male is a carrier for to activate. Additionally, a clone of any kind is distinguishable by having different mitochondrial DNA from the source organism.

How do you make a clone of an animal?

To make a clone, scientists transfer the DNA from an animal’s somatic cell into an egg cell that has had its nucleus and DNA removed. The egg develops into an embryo that contains the same genes as the cell donor.

Why don’t sexually produced organisms face the same problems as clones?

Although clones may do exceptionally well in an environment they are well-adapted to, they are more likely to do exceptionally badly if the environment changes. This is a problem that sexually produced organisms do not face because sex ensures that females don’t put all their eggs into one basket, so to speak.

Is it possible to create a female version of a man?

Yes, but only for a female version of the male, not the other way around. A normal male has two sex chromosomes, an X from his mother and a Y from his father; a normal female has two X chromosomes, one from each parent. You can create a female version of a man by replacing the Y chromosome with a second copy of the existing X chromosome.