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Cloning


             Cloning's negative outcomes are evident in its offending people and groups all over the world. Over the years, as cloning development increased, strong opinions and offences to it have been formed. One of the groups that is tremendously affected by the research of cloning is the Catholic religion. Catholics see cloning as a conflict to their beliefs, for many doctors use the genetic material of aborted fetuses. Biologist John Gearhart has sited the Catholic Church as stating, "The American Conference of Catholic Bishops has objected that his work could encourage women to seek abortions" (Flam k2030). Doctors extract human embryonic stem cells from these aborted fetuses in attempt to create human clones. This troubles the Catholic Church for abortions are not allowable to them, and therefore the use of these aborted fetuses further conflicts their beliefs. Cloning humans not only offends the Catholic Church, but also offends many of our nations leaders including president Bill Clinton. President Bill Clinton states, "I am deeply troubled by this news of experiments involving the mingling of human and non-human species" (McFarling k4912). Clinton's concern in the cloning of humans is as a result of the laboratory breeding of human genes with cow-eggs. Clinton is driven to highlight this topic to assure that cloning does not become legal, and to keep his opinion out for the world to see. Cloning in the present day is driving certain groups farther from each other which is very capable of leading to dangerous conflicts.
             Cloning poses extreme dangers to our society. As all work done in cloning is still experimental, great hazards accompany the exploration of this scientific field. One of the dangers keeping the human cloning experiments down is the unknown health risk that would apply to the clone and to society in general. Professor Lee Silver acknowledged, "Nobody knows right now if it would work" (McFarling k4912).


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1. The Science and Issues of Cloning

... we can create a carbon copy of one's self. DNA fragments is discussed in the textbook 'Biology: The Dynamic Science' is a form of cloning. Cloning DNA fragments is used for research on genes and proteins to understand their function, structure, and for practical applications such as modifications to plants and animals ( ... in a diploid cell. Therefore, in its natural state in the genome, a gene is difficult to study and manipulate (Russell/Hertz/McMillian). Global Impact Cloning would put a whole new market out there, for people to try and make it as perfect as it can get so they c...

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2. Reproductive Cloning

... lead to more products selling in the farm market for the large demand of consumers needs. (Reproductive, 26) There are negative aspects of cloning animals. Cloned animals can suffer from defective hearts and lungs unlike natural born animals. (Boyce, 80) Clones Characteristics Monozygotic twins are natural ... cells, 19) New organs created by stem cells can also replace defective organs in the human body. (Lamb, 12) CONTROVERSY Human Reproductive cloning is a very controversial issue between the scientific and religious world. Extending from the oval office, where stem cells became the ...

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3. Human Cloning

... new ones and opens a whole new overuse of inquiry. (G. Burns: 1972). One of the most interesting development in genetics is unfold through genetic engineering and this is called cloning. Cloning is already in progress and it is now not only done in plants and animals, but even in humans. Scientists, Robert Stillman and Jerry Hall from George Washington University cloned ... Policy-makers pointed to the vacuum in U.S. Bioethical leadership. Critics decried the commercialization of fertility technology and protesters took to the streets, calling for an immediate ban on human embryo cloning....

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4. Cloning

... in Scotland".(1) For what seemed like a dream for many years quickly turned into reality. The newest and possibly the most controversial phenomena in curing human disease, a phenomenon better known as cloning, was born. Through out the history of man, human disease has been considered a leading cause of death. Since antiquity, physicians explored assorted remedies in order to cure various maladies. Ancient ... hundreds of millions worldwide who suffer from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes, ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, multiply sclerosis, stroke, spinal c...

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5. Cloning Cloning

... that was made from another living organism and looks exactly the same("Human" 1). Finally there is probably the most helpful and useful type of cloning, which is Therapeutic Cloning; this involves not the creation of an entirely new human being but the organs, tissues, and cells that go to make and cure us ... from one organism and placing it into the reproductive system of another organism (9). This is basically making artificial twins or triplets. The next way of cloning is called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (9). This is where taking the nucleus from one cell and placing it into an e...

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6. cloning

... transplant, or die on the line before getting the transplant. A new organ could be grown for them as needed. Science has made tremendous break troughs in the world of cloning. In recent cloning development on January 2001 an endangered Asian ox called a gaur died two days after birth of an ordinary disease after it was cloned and gestated in the womb of ... Works Cited 1) Normile, Dennis. "Big for Better Beef Gives Japan a Leg Up on Cattle- Science Magazine Home Page. 2) Department of Health and Human Services "Medical Statistic- Arlene Judith Klotzko; THE CLONING SOURCEBOOK; New York, P...

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7. Human Cloning

... a clone from an adult animal, which he called Dolly. The experiment with Dolly led to many concerns towards human cloning. Human cloning can cause various complications; therefore, cloning should be developed thoroughly so that ethical problems will not occur. Despite the possibilities involved in cloning human beings, cloning is proven to be inefficient, violates religious ethics, and intrudes upon human dignity. Through advancement in research ... man and how God gave man the ability to bear children. Stephen G. Post, associate professor of bioethics at the Center for Biomedical Ethic...

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8. Cloning Essay - For or against?

... Lori Andrews an expert in the legal aspects of reproduction at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, the recent developments in technology makes much of the legislation obsolete. California's Cloning Ban prohibits cloning which involves replacing a human egg's nucleus with that of another human cell. This law does not mention the fusing of the human cell with a cow cell that has been ... writer, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who dictated a 130-page novel by moving an eyelid. Movies and futuristic novels have raised the concern of creating 'super warriors' or super-intelligent people through cloning. ...

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9. Religion, Cloning and Genetic Engineering

... of a car. The chances are that the movie, "The Island" isn't an actual glimpse into the future. Nevertheless, it brings up a relevant point about the potential uses that human reproductive cloning may have. However "organ transplants are difficult undertakings for two major reasons. First, you have to find a donor, and second, there's no guarantee that your body will accept the ... cells for the brain damaged, spinal cord cells, hearts, lungs, livers and kidneys can be produced with the use of human stem cells. Therefore by combining this technology with human cloning technology "it may...

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10. Human Cloning: Threat To Mankind

... began after 14 days of embryo other than that it's considered to be just a "massive cells" (The Cloning Revolutionary, video). The cloning revolution now leads us an ethical issue about human cloning. Cloning human can be very helpful for some people. For instance, there are some couples out there that can't ... from one clone to another? We cannot simply put a tag number on each them because simply they are human not animals. If human cloning is successful, it will give scientist the ability to take advantage in a negative way. For instance, since scientist experiment with cells, it ma...

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