UNGS 2050 : Required reading - Islamic medical issues - Cloning

CLONING

Presented by :
HASBI SODIQIN DAUD
MOHD RADZI HILMI
ZULHIMIE AZARI


BACKGROUND
 Definition – creating a copy of living matter, such as a cell or organism
 The term exist only recently but the practice rooted for thousands of years ago
 Cloning plants – taking a cutting of a plant and letting it root to make another plant
 3 TYPES
 REPRODUCTIVE CLONING
 THERAPUTIC CLONING
 RECOMBINANT DNA CLONING
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REPRODUTIVE CLONING
 Generate an organism (clone) that has the same nuclear DNA as another currently or previously existing animal (donor)
 Uses "somatic cell nuclear transfer" (SCNT)
 Aimed to help infertile couple
 But there’s more better ways to have children


THERAPUTIC CLONING
 Production of human embryos to obtain stem cells for uses in researches
 Stem cells – basic cells that can specialize into any type of cells
 Aimed to be used in medical treatment as an alternative to organ transplant
 Still under research with little useful outcomes


STEM CELLS
RECOMBINANT DNA CLONING Transfer of a DNA fragment of interest from one organism to a self-replicating genetic element such as a bacterial plasmid
 Used to obtain the gene of interest from host cells
 Useful in genetic engineering
 Has been in existence since the dawn of genetic science (1970)
 Aimed to cure heredity-borne illness.
 Produce less controversy but more applications

MYTH IN CLONING Magically appear at the same age as the original
 Clones look and act very alike and are like carbon copies.
 Population will increase rapidly due to the increase numbers of clones in our world.

BENEFITS
 Cloning for medical and scientific purposes
 Reviving Endangered or Extinct Species
 Infertility Treatment
 Others

RISK Ratio of success is around 10000:1

 Only have short lifespan.

 May suffer from psychology problems.

Ethical issue of cloning Interfering with the creation and basic function of life.

 Clone do not have their own biological parents.

 Animal cloning, is it necessary?

POINTS TO PONDER Where does the clones get their spirits (ruh)?
 Cloning attempts always failed……
 Dolly
 277 trials to produce a defective sheep
 Age very fast and die young


CONCLUSION Cloning doesn’t entails ‘playing God’
 God gave us cloning to play, and more ‘toys’ are yet to come
 It’s technology is a part of Allah’s knowledge
 High failure rate - It’s still subjected to the will of Allah
 Muslims should concern more on how it affects the society
 Surrogate motherhood/fatherhood
 Nasab
 Welfare of the human clones (if any)
 Genetic variations among mankind
 Human cloning must be prohibited
 Animal cloning is permissible (though less than useful)
 Application is only to benefit mankind
 Research must continue, but controlled and regulated
 Muslims must not be lagging behind in sciences and technology