With cloning, many of the animal species, and potentially several of the plant species could be brought back to life. ... That cell now acts as a reproductive cell. ... It could be used to replicate organs from animals that would be suitable for transplant into humans. ... Since there would be more organs, the waiting lists for transplants would become much shorter. ... This would be much easier, because you don't have to wait for an organ donor. ...

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Up until now genetic engineering and cloning has been used to clone plants, unicellular organisms, amphibians and simple mammals. ... This method, called selective breeding, is still used today with plants and animals in order to increase food production. Corn plants are selectively bred in order to produce a larger tastier kernel. ... However, as cells differentiate into different tissues and organs, they only keep the genetic material needed to reproduce that organ. ... Dolly the sheep was successfully cloned by transferring the nucleus of a non-reproductive cell, a mammary cell, into an unf...

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Most commonly you hear of reproductive cloning. Reproductive cloning is where an identical genetic twin of an organism is produced. Reproductive cloning is how animals are cloned today. ... With so many terminal diseases around it would be great to create a new organ, and replace it. ... Also, the use of animals in the research to create new organs and solutions to our health problems that have stricken us. ...

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After three to five days these embryos are planted into the reproductive tract of the substitute mother. ... Already are scientists "growing" new, healthy body organs and tissue that will allow persons suffering from burns or from different bodily ailments can be cured. ...

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I am in favor on cloning plants; however, I am against on cloning animals and humans. Cloning plants is good because we could win the fight against global hunger, but the bad news is that we don't know if cloned food could damage our health. ... Furthermore, people are concern because scientists also want to clone headless human bodies as a future source of organs. ... I also don't agree with Professor Silver because he said, ""nothing is wrong, philosophically or rationally,"" with producing headless humans for organs harvesting he wants to convince a skeptical public that it is per...

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