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Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning, which is the reproduction of human cells and tissue. It does not refer to identical twins, which is a commonplace way of producing human clones. The ethics of cloning is a controversial issue.

There are two commonly discussed types of human cloning: therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning involves cloning cells from an adult for use in medicine and transplants, and is an active area of research. Two common methods of therapeutic cloning are: Somatic-cell nuclear transfer and, more recently, pluripotent stem cell induction. Reproductive cloning involves making an entire cloned human, instead of just specific cells or tissues.