Q:-IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE A HUMAN CLONE WITH THE HELP OF BIOTECHNOLOGY?

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Yes human clones can be made by taking the nucleus of the person to be cloned and fusing it with an egg cell whose nucleus has been removed and then implanting it in a surrogate mother. After gestation period a clone of the person whose nucleus has been used is born.
For ethical and other factors human cloning is not practiced.

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