if a person died at say,50years old of a disease,and that person were cloned, would his clone also die at 50?

Answer 1

the cells in the human body divides and when those cells stop dividing the human body dies. if that human dies at 50 there is a posibility that the clone may die at 50 or even less than 50. the clone is the secon identity of the human body it was made from cells of the normal human cells. so there is a posibility that the cells would divide less and cause death much earlier than it should.

Answer 2

It does't really matter because you can't clone a human being. Likely if a human were cloned he/she would not live to be 50. For example, Dolly the sheep was a successful attempt to clone a mammal, but had a shortened life expectancy.

Even if you could clone and the person lived to be 50, there is a large environmental component to all diseases. Even if a disease is genetic, certain factors during your lifetime can decrease or increase your chance of that disease.

Answer 3

Probably not the exact same age. A clone is only identical to the original at the moment of conception. Environment plays a big role in how diesease affects us. For example, if the original gave up easily, but the clones experiences led him to fight against a genetic disease harder than the clone would probably live longer than the original and vice versa.

Answer 4

Maybe. If it is diet-related, the death can be avoided. If it is an inherited disease like Huntington's, the clone will die around the same age.

But the vast majority of diseases stem from lifestyle choices we all make. (Obesity, smoking, risky sex, etc.)

Answer 5

Not necessarily it would depend on the illness itself....if it was lifestyle then this person would have an entirely different one so the lifestyle would be different. If it were heredity then allowing for 50 years of research I would guess that better medication would be available or possibly a cure.

Answer 6

Almost certainly not. Many people die from accident or infection of various kinds, which will be acquired by chance. Others die of cancer, which may have an outside cause and even if not depends on statistical probabilities. Environmental factors will also apply, and be different.

Answer 7

imo no. they would be two different people.
thats like asking "if my aunt had cancer and died, will i get cancer and die too?"

you have two different lifestyles, even with similar dieting habits you wouldnt be affected the same way.

the purpose people have in cloning cells or clone animals is to remove what ailed the original.

Answer 8

not necessarily...if the 2 lived EXACTLY perfectly the same lives then yes they would, but outside factors have too much to do with it to say for sure that the 2 would die at exactly the same age....environment, background, support system, job etc.

Answer 9

Probably not.
That person is like a New Person. It will only have the same diseases that the first person had. (if the diseases were hereditary).

Answer 10

If the disease was preventable...wouldn't they try and prevent or cure it in time????