Cloning: An Issue of Scientists playing God.
Thesis: In today's society it seems as if anything can be accomplished through technology. Though most advancement is being made to help cure and care for the sick and disabled people, many believe that scientist's have gone to far and are playing the role of God. .
I. The history of cloning.
II. Ethics and cloning.
III. What the religious world is saying about cloning.
IV. Conclusion.
For years, science fiction writers have been exploring the inherent dangers of cloning humans in books such as Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." With Dr. Ian Wilmut a Scottish scientists who had cloned a sheep, cloning has become the subject of heated ethical debate. In today's society it seems as if anything can be accomplished through technology, and that scientist's have gone to far and are playing the role of God.
In 1938, a German scientist by the name of Hans Spemann came to the conclusion that organisms can, in fact, be reproduced. His belief was that by transplanting the central element of one animal's cell into the egg of another animal, the animal could be reproduced or "cloned". Dr. Spemann believed that the central element or "nucleus" of a cell contained the genetic blueprint for the structure of the organism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1935 for his discovery of what he called the "organizer effect" (Spemenn 2001).
In February 1997 a sheep named Dolly was introduced to the public. It has been said that after 276 failures, Dolly was finally produced (Love par. 22). Dr. Wilmut and his fellow biologists, who made Dolly, described that they removed "nucleus" from the adult's sheep's breast glands of a Scottish Blackface ewe. Dr. Wilmut and his colleagues then "starved" those cells, so they would stop growing and dividing. The biologists then used electricity, which caused the new "nucleus" to unite with the "enucleated oocytes", and then forced the cell's to divide.
Is cloning legal? ... What is cloning? ... Cloning 3 Now that we have established the scientific basis of cloning, let me tell you how cloning can directly benefit humanity. ... To clone or not to clone is not the question. Cloning is the future. ...
We have also heard about three cloned cows. What about human clones? ... The cloning revolution now leads us an ethical issue about human cloning. ... Cloning technology can help remove disease from a clone when the original suffered from disease. ... More likely a human clone will attract world-wide attention, especially the very first clone. ...
Cloning In the past few years, the topic of cloning has been in the news a lot. ... In order for cloning to take place, all genes must be active. ... Cloning could also revolutionize the field of organ transplant. Organs and bone marrow could be cloned and used for transplant. ... Drawbacks There are also many reasons not to clone. ...
The Benefits of Cloning Technology What comes to mind when people think about cloning? Probably a movie they have seen before, like The Sixth Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a man who is cloned without his knowledge. The clone takes over his life. This is just one fear that people have. But t...
In today's society cloning is one of the most talked about and controversial issues. There are numerous people that oppose cloning while on the other hand there are people who are for cloning. People who are against cloning bring up points of morality and religion. ... Among all of this controversy, there are benefits to cloning. ... According to the article "Human Cloning" by D. ...
Firstly, "Human cloning is a form of cloning which is designed to result in a copy of a human being," this means that the procedures that human cloning contains is specifically designed to result in an exact copy of the human being cloned. ... "Human cloning creates questions about the soul, the role of God in society, and even the quality of life that a cloned person may have." The disadvantages of human cloning are undoubtedly clear. ... "One of the most noticeable is that the cloned child will have exactly the same medical history as their parent clone's." ... Ther...
This paper is not meant to be a history lesson in cloning or to explain all the scientific terms that are related to cloning. ... Identical siblings constitute a clone. ... Dolly was a sheep and the first cloned mammal. ... One patient has a clone and all that needs to be done is remove the clone liver and place it in his/her body. ... Before cloning the term used was eugenics. ...
There are three different types of cloning. ... Next there is Adult DNA cloning; this is the most common type of cloning that is thought of because it shows a clone that was made from another living organism and looks exactly the same("Human" 1). ... There are many questions when it comes to cloning and the ethics of cloning. ... More importantly, who will get cloned? ... Most people scared of cloning encourage the study of cloning but do not like the idea of actually cloning humans, which is understandable (Stanley 37). ...
There are three types of cloning methods the first is Embryo cloning. The second is reproductive cloning and the third is therapeutic cloning. ... Therapeutic cloning is a process in which the initial stages are identical to adult DNA cloning. ... (Cloning process) The rapid development of the technology for cloning has led to moral debates around the world on whether or not to ban creating human clones. ... Another argument for cloning is that individuals with characteristics can be cloned as substitutes. ...