title: Three concepts of cloning in human beings.
abstract: Human cloning, organ cloning and tissue cloning are various types of cloning that occur at different levels with different methodologies. According to three standards of terminology for an embryo (fertilization through germ cells, development in the uterus and having the potential to produce a human life), tissue cloning and type I organ cloning will not produce an embryo. In contrast, human cloning and type II organ cloning will produce an embryo. Thus, only non-germinal tissue cloning and type I organ cloning are beyond the ethical question and will not change human beings as a species. Using cloned tissues to make new tissues or organs is promising for the future of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Babybloom Fertility Centre, Chicago, IL, USA. khcui72@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ke-Hui
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Cui
mesh_terms: D019976:Cloning, Organism; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic