Human Cloning

            From the begging of time humans have strived to become better as a whole. Jumping technology has helped us do that. But where do we draw the line on how far we go with this technology. Human cloning is appalling and irresponsible with numerous side effects resulting in malformation and death. .
             Cloning is not new. Experiments with frogs and toads date back to the 1970s. And experiments involving plants and animal embryos have been performed for years. But experiments involving human beings have never been tried or thought possible, until "Dolly," a sheep named after a prominent country musician. Her birth shocked the scientific community and has spurred discussion about the possibility of human clones. Dr. Lee Silver, a molecular biologist at Princeton University, is optimistic that "human cloning will occur," and that "it might take five years, ten years at the outermost." Lee notes that at this time, "no ethical doctor would do human cloning" (Rantala 21). Although this view is predominant among many scientists, some argue that a safe technology could be developed in the future. .
             One question is what if this technology got into the wrong hands? Further, what if Hitler had this technology in the 1940's? Each generation has a powerful leaders, dictators, and terrorists that could possibly abuse this technology.
             Human cloning is a very complicated procedure. The cloning technique is called somatic cell nuclear transfer, the process used to create "Dolly" the sheep. Her DNA was taken from a single cell from her mother's egg, which is fused with a mammary cell. The fused cell soon develops into an embryo. The embryo is then implanted into a "surrogate" sheep, which then grows to be identical to the donor. However this process does not work every time. It took over 277 attempts for "Dolly" to be created as a healthy viable sheep (Mcgee 101). .
             A second type of cloning is advocated called therapeutic cloning.