First you may be thinking, "Why would I do that? ... One of the many great possibilities of cloning is disease treatment. ... However creating this life is what allows us as a species, to evolve and continue to exist. ... Disease treatment, however, is just one of the many prospects of cloning. ... Yet, isn't that exactly what scientists have been trying to do with human cloning? ...
The concept of having someone similar to you, both physically and somewhat emotionally, is mind blowing. ... The advancements in testing for genetic diseases could spark cures for diseases such as cancer, Tay-sachs, and leukemia. Using cloning technology to ensure the sex of a baby could prevent Tay-sachs disease, because it is a sex related disease. ... However, this is obviously not so, the religious diversity in America alone is too great to justify one sector or religion determining what is lawful or moral. ... In a free society, you cannot force another human being to give up one of their...
However, with the help of cloning, scientists are beginning to learn how to cure horrible diseases such as cancer and Parkinson disease. ... But, many religions also say that if you see someone is suffering then it is important to help that person. Therefore, if science can save peoples lives by cloning their organs, what is wrong with it? ... At that point, the person is using the cloned body that is actually a human, as an object that can change him back to what he once was. ... It can cure cancer, Parkinson disease and can be helpful in creating a long and healthy life. ...
When you think of cloning, what comes to your mind? Is it of a person unnaturally identical to you? Well I will let you in on a secret, cloning DNA will not produce an identical person. ... Diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Distrophy, Autism, Huntington's disease and Phenylketonuria. ... And before you answer, those diseases I have mentioned are but the tip of the iceberg." ...
This idea is overwhelming because if you wanted to clone a loved one that you lost it would be like your child. This child would have no memories of you and won"t even know who you are. ... Cloning could also help researchers cure any number of diseases. ... Think about it, if everyone has the same genetic material, what happens if we lose te ability to clone. ... Also as I stated in the first paragraph why clon someone you loved if they won"t even know who you are or why you love them....
Would you be impregnated for nine months and then watch your child die a few days later? ... I say experiment because in actuality that's what it is and going to be an "experiment". ... This is what I believe would be a routine for parents wanting to clone their child. ... It's almost like a disease just waiting for it to take your life. ... After all you clone a child from Mother Teresa and have given birth to a serial killer....
Embryo splitting or blastomere separation is what is most commonly referred to as human cloning. ... Embryo splitting could also be used to rid the world of genetic diseases. One could clone their embryo and test one of the clones for a genetic disease. ... Would you be willing to have a cloned child? ... With adoption, the child you have is still unique. ...
Imagine going home today to be surprised to find documents stating that you are a clone. Imagine the questions that would be running through you head. What am I? ... Imagine the pain you would feel, knowing that the person you have lived with or loved for your entire life was created in a science lab by a man wearing a white overcoat and a pair of plastic goggles. ... It would be more understandable if cloning was the only cure to diseases, however adult stem cells have already been successful in over 45 clinical trials and have treated cancer, to restore vision & treat M.S. & Parkinson diseas...
Cloned stem cells may be more competent at replacing tissue damaged by disease or age than those from other sources. ... What occurs in this situation is adult cells are taken from a person's body, cloned embryos are created, then embryonic stem cells are extracted, which can turn into a wide range of tissues, all a perfect mach for any patient. 3. ... This can lead to genetic errors that result in disease. ... I hope that you have learned more about cloning than you previously knew, and that this information allows you to be a better judge of weather or not cloning should be supported ...
An example of this is Stem Cell research, a form of cloning where scientists use stem cells for transplants or treatment of diseases. ... However, chances are you already know a clone in the form of an identical twin. ... Both humans and animals are prone to diseases and they can be easily killed if their immune system cannot fight the pathogen. This is what ultimately leads to the death of the organism. ... Whether this is true or not, we don't know, but we will never know what might happen if we never take a leap faith....
But to understand the different viewpoints one might take, one also needs knowledge of what a clone is. ... We could cure heart disease, or even clone a new healthy heart for transplanting. ... Environmentalist ethics shows us that we are creatures of self-interest and if it doesn"t affect you then it's not a problem. ... We know what human cloning could do for us. ... We may also find cures to many diseases. ...
Let it proceed, say opponents, and you have crossed a line toward the manufacture of humans as tools, and there is no going back"(Time Magazine). Scientists believe that the ability to research stem cells is a therapeutic necessity for life, that it would be able to cure many diseases or even prevent them from occurring, but it also gives scientists and doctors the option of growing organs to replace old and diseased ones. ... But what is so important about cloning farm animals? ... So what if people are dying and developing diseases? ... If you are born you must die; it is something that...
First, I thought it would be useful to give you some background on the biotechnology industry. ... Our understanding has reached the stage where scientists use the technology to try to understand the basis of disease. ... We did not understand what was wrong when someone was sick, just that this or that chemical seemed to help. ... We now look at the mechanism behind the disease and then develop a drug to alter the outcome. ... Three years ago, many of you heard about Dolly, the first cloned animal. ...
If you had a grandparent with Alzheimer's or a best friend who was paralyzed from the waist down, wouldn't you want them to be magically healed? ... To extract the stem cells, you will in turn, kill the embryo. This has been the source of dispute since the discovery of stem cells as a cure for disease and injuries. ... Even though there is nothing controversial about what stem cells do, the method of obtaining the cells are the real problem. ...
Cloning would also develop stronger plants, resistant to disease, parasites, and insect damage. ... There is no telling what the possibilities can be. Edward Squires, an equine reproduction biologist at Colorado State, says, "You could blow your mind thinking about the possibilities." ... However this will also increase the danger of a disease being able to destroy the entire crop. ... Ian Wilmut, a researcher in Roslin Scotland says, "The more you interfere with reproduction, the more danger there is of things going wrong." ...
CID=4525) How would you react if you knew 277 children had to die before one could be successful? If you could even call Dolly a success. ... Dolly suffered from premature aging and a progressive lung disease, which resulted in an early death of only six. ... When the child died could you risk another chance at making another mistake? ... If you were the clone of an amazing athlete or extremely smart mind you would be looked down upon if you could not perform as well as them. ...
-THE ETHICS ON HUMAN CLONING- Cloning is just one example of the great power of gene technology, a technology we urgently need to treat or cure diseases such as diabetes, cystic fibrosis, cancer or AIDS, and to help feed the growing world population. ... Assuming that scientists were able to clone human beings without incurring the risks mentioned above, what concerns might there be about the welfare of clones? ... Non ethical risk of abuse of the technology - what would Hitler have done with cloning technology if available in the 1940s? ... In any case it is a myth that you...
You have been told that you are unique. The belief that there is no one else like you in the whole world made you feel special and proud. ... They enter different occupations, get different diseases, have different experiences with marriage, alcohol, community leadership, and etc. ... We have no idea what it would be like to grow up as the child of a parent who seems to know you from the inside. ... However, can you really say that you know God's intentions? ...
What happens when the world runs out of food? ... Imagine being able to have a new body part grown for you if yours was broken or imagine having a disease cured because you gave the doctor a single hair off your head! ... Say you were walking down the street and all of the sudden you see yourself walking towards you. What would you do or think? ... It is also scary to think of what evil could be done with these clones. ...
There would be no diversity what so ever in today's society. ... Did you ever imagine of having the cure for heart disease or cancer? ... CLONES AREN"T EXACT COPIES There is some misunderstanding about what constitutes a clone . ... If everyone has the same genetic material, what happens if we lose the ability to clone? ... If you have a question for God you could just call home and ask him. ...
You think to yourself that you are no longer a unique individual. ... So what is the difference really? ... But what would happen if humans started to use animals" bodies to grow human organs? ... If a primate was cloned to produce human lungs, liver, kidneys and heart, what would it be classified as then? Also, if scientists could transfer human genes into animals and vice-versa, that would heighten the danger of zoonosis, diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans. ...
Although some people might think that to have replicates of themselves, cloned to supply them with transplant organs to overcome certain problems created by age and disease could be useful and exciting. It is an actual time-bomb ready to explode, because when our prominent scientists are prepared to acquiesce in the deliberate creation of deformed and dying quasi-human life, you know we are facing a bioethical abyss. ... No matter what we say or do, research for cloning will steadily continue and even more moral and ethical questions will arise. ...
Some say that this would advance is medicine would help many people medical disorders such as cancer, diabetes, and Parkinson's disease. ... Therefore, if you are born with some kind of abnormalities it could be blamed on nature and genetics instead of an experiment gone bad. If we continue to try to create people this way what would be the purpose for GOD. ... So, essentially when we create these individuals that were cloned and they don't look like society feels is acceptable or act, as they should in society eyes then what will do? ...
