Human cloning, conceptual artwork. Baby in a conical flask, being chosen by a user of an online 'cloning shop', indicated by the shopping basket icon at centre right. This could represent human cloning or a designer baby. Clones are genetically identical copies of an individual. A designer baby has its genetic composition decided upon by its parents, which may endow it with desirable traits (such as artistic ability or high intelligence), or remove the predisposition to a genetically inherited disease.