in the lab. Without a definitive answer as to what constitutes life, this is a very hard issue to argue effectively. Although the combined donations may be genetically human, they have none of the characteristics of a person. It is not conscious, and it is not self-aware. It is a group of cells that is not independent and would not otherwise exist.
             The third source of embryonic cells is embryos created through somatic cell nuclear transfer or SCNT which involves combining a non fertilized egg cell with the nucleus of another body cell. For example, a patient may need more white blood cells to fight infection, by transferring the nucleus of a white blood cell into a reproducing cell that h
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