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Ep. 103 Cloning Pt 2: Why Would Anyone Do This?


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Last week we discussed how someone could go about cloning something, but this week we dive into the WHY. Maybe there is no particularly good reason to do reproductive cloning for humans, but what about individuals of endangered species? What about trying to bring back recently extinct species? What about cloning to try to create new species?

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