Lets say you have a child and he needs an organ transplant to live. Right now, the organ your child needs is in short supply. If he doesn't get the transplant, he will die. Would you object to cloning that organ so your child can live? Cloning is the process of making a genetic duplicate of an organism (Freudenrich). Cloning is not new. Cloning has been around for years, but little attention was given until the birth of Dolly, the first cloned mammal in 1997 (Freudenrich). Right now, cloning is a hot debate all over the world. Many arguments can be made against cloning like are we playing god, but the benefits and the potential of cloning, like the medical uses for animal and human cloning, and being able to increase food supply far outweigh any arguments against cloning.
Population in our world is increasing rapidly. Experts at the United Nations expect the world population in 2050 be around 7.8 to 12.5 billon. That's an enormous amount of increase in population from today. How are we planning to feed that many people? Experts believe food biotechnology is an important part of the solution. By using food biotechnology, we can increase crop yields. Genetically modified organisms reduce the constant need to clear more land for growing food. Such technology is in use today, and they hold the key to a more secure agricultural future, particularly for developing nations. Increased output of food in one of the benefits of food biotechnology. It may also help medical needs in some populations (Food Biotechnologies-Benefits for developing countries).
Edible vaccines are genetically implanted inside a food and which need no refrigeration are being investigated to help alleviate the significant problem of providing sufficient, less costly and effective medicine for intestinal diseases in developing nations. Clinical trials are currently underway to determine whether genetically engineered plants are a mean to create vaccines.
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. ...
