There are two kinds of cloning right now. One is therapeutic cloning which is for coming up with cures for life threatening, really, really awful diseases. Then there is reproductive cloning, which is to make a human being out of your DNA and a donor egg.

In May 2011 Moore underwent elective brain surgery to remove a benign meningioma. Moore has also been active in charity work and various political causes particularly around the issues of animal rights and Diabetes mellitus type 1. She also appeared in a number of films most notably 1980's Ordinary People in which Mary Tyler Moore played a role that was the polar opposite of the television characters Mary Tyler Moore had portrayed and for which Mary Tyler Moore was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.