American Journal of Bioethics.

Telomeres and the Ethics of Human Cloning

By Fritz Allhoff Pages: W29-W31

In search of a potential problem with cloning, I investigate the phenomenon of telomere shortening which is caused by cell replication; clones created from somatic cells will have shortened telomeres and therefore reach a state of senescence more rapidly. While genetic intervention might fix this problem at some point in the future, I ask whether, absent technological advances, this biological phenomenon undermines the moral permissibility of cloning.

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Volume 4, Issue 2
June 2004

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