A Brave New World Heading Towards Disaster.
Human cloning is an emerging science in which genetic material is altered and manipulated in various ways in order to modify the characteristics of an organism. This new technology has been met with both acceptance and disbelief. Some people believe that human cloning is beneficial to our society and will open up a vast new world. There are, however, serious concerns that human cloning could tragically effect our society which many people fail to recognize: clones could suffer an identity crisis, no emotional family ties would be made between the clone and its parents, parents may view the clone as a product and not a true human being, scientists in a sense would be "playing the role of God," possibilities for a uniformed society would be in effect, and if taken to the highest extreme parents would eventually be able to create and design their own children. How then, knowing of all the drawbacks of human cloning, can we convince scientists to rethink their cloning fantasies and introduce them to the possible dangers and controversies human clones would bring to our society? Human cloning is an immoral act and would only cause tragedy and turmoil for our nation.
The concept of cloning has been around much longer than many people realize. Cloning was first used by scientists in agriculture. Scientists realized they could clone multiple types of crops which farmers could grow that would be immune to most pesticides. As a result, their crops would turn out larger, healthier, and more profitable. After the cloning of plants came the cloning of animals which led up to the creation of Dolly, the cloned sheep, in February of 1997 (Heinberg ix). Dolly was created out of the genetic material from an udder cell of a six-year-old sheep (Kolata 3). This represented the first time that a mammal had been cloned from the cell of an adult. Scientists then utilized this technology to begin studying the possibilities of human cloning.
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. ...