TREATMENT OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
BIOMEDICAL THERAPY
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To change a baby’s DNA
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To create a new human being
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To harvest stem cells
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To prevent genetic diseases
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Detailed explanation-1: -Therapeutic cloning, also called somatic cell nuclear transfer, is a technique to create versatile stem cells independent of fertilized eggs. In this technique, the nucleus is removed from an unfertilized egg. This nucleus contains the genetic material. The nucleus is also removed from the cell of a donor.
Detailed explanation-2: -Therapeutic cloning involves creating a cloned embryo for the sole purpose of producing embryonic stem cells with the same DNA as the donor cell. These stem cells can be used in experiments aimed at understanding disease and developing new treatments for disease.
Detailed explanation-3: -Immune rejection: Stem cells which do not have an identical immune match may cause the recipient to react and reject the transplanted cells. Theoretically, using cloned embryonic stem cells (by SCNT) from an individual patient may avoid the problem of immune rejection.
Detailed explanation-4: -One of the goals of therapeutic cloning is to develop organs (rather than entire bodies) for transplantation that will be an exact DNA match with the recipient, thereby reducing, or preventing, organ rejection.