1. The Issue of HUMAN CLONING: Problems and Solutions Taro Yamada, Midori Ito, Ichiro Suzuki Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Title Slide: click to advance to timed slides

2. The Issue of HUMAN CLONING: Problems and Solutions Taro Yamada, Midori Ito, Ichiro Suzuki Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

3. Cloning= Making a genetically identical copy

4. Snuppy, Korea, 2005 Prometia, Italy, 2003 3 Dolly, UK, 1996

5. Next = Human? Have humans already been cloned?

7. 4 women’s wombs

9. Benefit: Gay Couples?

10. Introduction to the Problem Why Is It Serious? Risks? Possible Solutions? Q&A Time

11. Risk 1: Experimentation Human babies may be harmed

12. Risk 1: Experimentation Snuppy’s case Hundreds of failed experiments with embryos ->Only Snuppy lived

13. Risk 2: Perfection People will aim for the “perfect” baby

14. Risk 2: Perfection

15. Risk 3: Mental Harm People expect clones to be the same

16. Risk 3: Mental Harm

17. Introduction to the Problem Why Is It Serious? Risks? Possible Solutions? Q&A Time

18. Solution 1 Stricter Laws Are Needed in Japan/UN

19. Japan’s Lawon Reproductive Cloning, 2001 “Article 3 (Prohibited acts) No person shall transfer a Human Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Embryo, Human-Animal Hybrid Embryo, Human-Animal Clone Embryo or Human-Animal Chimeric Embryo into a human or Animal uterus.”

20. Japan’s Lawon Reproductive Cloning, 2001 “Article 16 (Penal Provisions) A person who has violated the provisions of Article 3 shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than ten million yen, or both.

21. Declaration on Human Cloning：２００５(84 vs. 34 vs. 37) “Member States were called on to adopt all measures necessary to prohibit all forms of human cloning inasmuch as they are incompatible with human dignity and the protection of human life.”

22. Solution Stricter Law = 20 years or 100 million yen

23. Thank You! Q&A