What is cloning? Cloning is making an exact copy of an animal or plant, or exact copies of certain cells of plants and animals. Cloning can be very dangerous and there are many risks involved, since our society and technology isn't yet acquainted with the subject. Some scientists on the other hand, think cloning is a good idea. Scientific research hasn't failed us yet, and can lead to very important discoveries. Human cloning research discoveries could help people live longer, live healthier, and become more productive. I will discuss the background information about cloning, why we should clone, why we should not clone, and then my thoughts on the subject at hand. .
Starting off, there are three basic methods of cloning; separating the embryo and making twins with the same genetic make-up, taking a cell from a fertilized ovum when the cell begins too split then replace it in another female's ovum, or nuclear transplantation. Some animals scientists have attempted to clone include sheep, goats, mice, and cows. .
Dr. Ian Wilmut and his colleagues at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland cloned an adult ewe, whose offspring was named Dolly. They accomplished this through the second method of cloning. Dolly was "born" by taking genetic material from cells in the mammary glands of a six-year-old ewe, and placing them in an unfertilized ovum. Researchers eventually produced 29 embryos that survived longer than six days. Of these 29, all but Dolly died before birth. .
In the March, 1998 issue of Time Magazine, J. Madeleine Nash talked about how the clone of an adult ewe is "born" with the assistance of nuclear transplantation. First, a cell is taken from the udder of an adult ewe and placed into a culture. This culture has very low concentrations of different nutrients. The cells starve, and eventually stop dividing. The cells turn off their active genes, and go into hibernation. An unfertilized egg is then taken out of an adult ewe, and the eggs nucleus, along with its DNA, is sucked out.
What about human clones? Will cloning a human be a mistake or a miracle? ... How can we control human cloning world wide? ... Since we don't have a human clone yet, human cloning is too risky because we have too many unanswered questions. ... Another risk of human cloning is identity. ...
Why should we clone human beings? ... There are many health issues that can be avoided, reversed and cured by the cloning of human cells and body parts. ... The Food And Drug (FDA) has stated that it will not endorse or approve human cloning until such a time when cloning can be shown to be safe and effective. ... The ban on human cloning should be reconsidered. ... There are more reasons to clone human beings than just the medical breakthroughs of curing infertility, eliminating disease and extending human life spans. ...
The technology of cloning main objective is research on how to understand the human DNA better. ... All things considered, cloning technology has a lot to offer to human civilization. ... In Support of the Argument for Human Cloning. 31 Oct 1999. ... All the Reasons to Clone Human Beings. 2001. ... The benefits of human cloning. ...
I think that the DNA from a well-developed soldier with no major illnesses should be taken and cloned to produce several human beings to help fight wars. ... According to the article "Cloning" in the Washington Post, cloning individual human cells could lead to the vaccines and cures for cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis and many other diseases with no cure. ... According to the article "Human Cloning" by D. Dennis for the Human Cloning Organization in October of 2002, "Cloning could be used to help us understand things about the human body that cannot be solved by modern scientists. Clon...
So, it seems that the government is not giving human cloning a chance. ... Nerves and spinal cord could be grown, giving quadriplegics the ability to walk again (Human Cloning Foundation). ... Rothenberg goes on to say that cloning would challenge "concepts basic to our humanness." ... There are many advantages to continuing experimentation in the field of human cloning. ... The human race has made it this far without cloning, and we will continue to survive without it....
What are the common perceptions about human cloning? ... What is the general attitude regarding human cloning? Importance of the Study: Cloning humans is a controversial issue. ... To learn more about human cloning. ... Human Cloning : the process wherein human embryo are allowed to be divided and then separate them and allowed to developed into two embryos with identical genes which could become identical human beings. ...
Human Cloning Causes More Good Than Harm The idea of human cloning has been in science fiction movies for decades. ... The Cloning of humans will cause more good than harm. ... The process of human cloning is very difficult. ... Although there has not been a human clone produced there have been request from numerous people who would like to receive a human clone. ... When human cloning does come to existence there are many scenarios where the use of human cloning could be helpful. ...
In today's society, many people are concerned with the topic of human cloning. ... The experiment with Dolly led to many concerns towards human cloning. ... Despite the possibilities involved in cloning human beings, cloning is proven to be inefficient, violates religious ethics, and intrudes upon human dignity. ... When taking human cloning into consideration, would a clone have the same rights and obligations as a human? ... Human Cloning. 1998. ...
Human cloning means designer people with known pedigree. ... Cloning of human embryos has already been achieved. ... Huge amounts of money are at stake in human cloning research. ... One set of ethical concerns about human clones involves the risks and uncertainties associated with the current state of cloning technology. ... 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? ...