(Beauchamp par.2) Xenotransplants do not represent the best solution for the current organ shortage crisis, due to the fact that, there is risk of introducing new viruses into the human population, the animal organs are unable to sustain the human body and there are ethical concerns pertaining to animal rights. ... It is impossible to have completely pathogen-free animals. ... (Xenotransplants par.2) Thirdly, there is an ethical issue that is of concern regarding animal rights. ... The animals had not been able to turn and lie down naturally. ... However, these animals are thought as not ...

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This method is most commonly for increased food production; only the plants and animals that have desirable characteristics are chosen for reproduction. ... Other uses of genetic engineering include the area of animal production; research is presently being performed to provide society with leaner meat, larger animals and faster growth. ... Animal rights groups have also argued that genetically altering the DNA of animals might pose problems for reproduction. Genetically altered animals might not interact with normal animals and most importantly have problems concerning reproduction. Also ther...

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In terms of food supply, many are against the idea of genetically creating animals for "wholesale slaughter" for human consumption. ( David Koepsell) Genetically producing animals raises the ethical concerns of creating animals specifically for human food consumption. ... Other ethical principles of concern with genetic engineering include how this scientific field will affect "the distribution of social goods as well as political rights" (David Koepseel). ... Scientist are genetically cloning certain animals for meat production and these animals are being genetically modif...

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The basic technique used to clone humans and animals, somatic-cell nuclear transfer, involves the insertion of DNA from a somatic cell into an egg which has had its nucleus removed (Appendix A.2). ... A clone is genetically identical to the person or animal who provided the somatic cell that provided the DNA. ... (Appendix A.5) There has also been concern over the rights of a human clone. ...

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"When foreign DNA is transferred by genetic engineering to a microbe, plant or animal, a transgenic organism is the result (Aldridge 113)." ... However, another may argue that humans have been interfering with evolution since the dawn of agriculture, with the development of plant and animal breeding, while genetic engineering is just a sophisticated way of doing something particularly ancient. There are arguments on each side and still more arising in the areas of animal rights, patenting, and environmental and ecosystem concerns. ...

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Issues of whether the spare clone will have the same rights as the genetic donor are debatable. ... Certain gay rights advocates are pushing the idea of cloning as a means of preserving homosexuality in a general population, which might otherwise decide to eliminate it. Under the flag of defending reproductive rights, cloning has been recognized as giving women complete control over reproduction, possibly eliminating the need for men all together (Manning 1997). ... If human cloning were allowed before sufficient animal studies were undertaken, there is great risk to the clones and the re...

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Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Heath Inspection Services, which all have jurisdiction for monitoring and regulating the development, testing, and release of genetically modified plants and plant products. ... In 1991 and 1992 the USA based biotechnology company Agracetus was granted two patents describing a way to insert genetic material into cotton plants which grants the company rights to all genetically engineered cotton. ... Some people argue that the ownership of transgenic organisms is morally wrong on the basis that they are the shared heritage of everyone on earth...

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While plants and lower forms of animal life have been successfully cloned for many years now, before Wilmut's announcement it had been thought by many to be unlikely that such a procedure could be performed on higher animals. ... They have their own identities, their own thoughts, and their own rights. ...

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Again, the issue of whether the child is fully human with all the same rights is at issue. ... Under the flag of defending reproductive rights, certain gay rights advocates are pushing the idea of cloning as a means of preserving homosexuality in a general population which might otherwise decide to eliminate it. ...

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In contrast genetic engineering allows us to combine fish, mouse, human and insect genes in the same person or animal. ... Instead they focused their attention to achieving equal rights and ending their oppression. ...

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Another may argue that humans have been interfering with evolution since the dawn of agriculture, with the development of plant and animal breeding, while genetic engineering is just a sophisticated way of doing something particularly ancient. ... There are arguments on each side and still more arising in the areas of animal rights, patenting, and environmental and ecosystem concerns. ...

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Biotechnology is used every day to change life, as we know it. In fact, people do not realize that early humans used biotechnology 10,000 years ago. Early humans were producing beer, wine, bread, and yogurt by means of fermentation. Biotechnology is any technique that uses organisms or their product...

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