GE + Cloning

Question 1

What is Cloning?

Answer 1

• An identical copy of another organism

Question 2

What is ‘Genetic Engineering’?

Answer 2

• When human, animal or plant genes (DNA) are altered in order to create a different outcome from reproduction

Question 3

What are ‘Designer Babies’?

Answer 3

• Babies where a baby’s genes can be altered to give them certain characteristics, such as blue eyes or higher IQs

Question 4

What are ‘Saviour Siblings’?

Answer 4

• Babies genetically altered to provide bone marrow or other tissues/organs for a sick sibling

Question 5

What is ‘Therapeutic Cloning’?

Answer 5

• It is legal, but strictly controlled, which means scientists can use stem cells etc to create brain cells or skin

Question 6

What would ‘Reproductive Cloning’ be?

Answer 6

• Creating a whole new human, but it remains competely illegal