...What is cloning? As the future arrives, scientists at Wake Forest University have said that they figured out how to construct bone, muscle and cartilage through printing. They are still able to sustain blood flow enough to provide away for cells to stay alive. These printed body tissues will soon be safe for human implants. From people creating cloned body parts it is helping the community and helping people that need these body parts. Cloning can help things but there are also other effects that can happen to the thing that is being cloned and other causes that come from being cloned. There are many animals that have died earlier then they should of from being cloned. Although scientists have debated whether or not Dolly the sheep died because...
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...What is cloning? Cloning describes a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity (Fact). The copied material, which has the same genetic makeup as the original, is referred to as a clone (MedlinePlus). I personally think that cloning is wrong for various reasons. In this essay, I will go into detail about cloning and why it is wrong from a moral standpoint. There are two types of cloning where you can make exact genetic copies, artificial embryo twinning and somatic cell nuclear transfer. Artificial embryo twinning is when the sperm cell is split in two inside of a petri dish creating two individual sperm (What). When placed in a surrogate mother, the two sperm cells develop into two identical organisms (What). Somatic cell nuclear transfer is when a somatic cell is isolated from an adult female organism, and then the nucleus and all of its DNA is removed from an egg cell (What). That DNA and nucleus is replaced by the nucleus from the somatic cell (What). This creates a freshly fertilized egg which develops into an embryo and is placed inside of a surrogate mother(What). I think cloning is bad for a few main reasons. Scientists have observed that most cloned organisms are born with defects and...
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...supporting or against it, is cloning. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you could clone a dying family dog or cat that everyone is extremely attached too or even cloning fish, cows, and chickens when food source is scarce in a certain region of the world. The world population is continuously growing and will not slow down anytime soon and the food supply can only grow so fast This topic has been in discussion and arguments for years. There are many arguments that make sense and can convince people that this might be a great idea to do and there are also many great points of why cloning is a really bad and shouldn’t be done. It will always be a hot topic in society and will always be arguments whether it’s in a classroom discussing touchy subjects or in congress to pass a bill that involves the topic of cloning. Some of the big pros of cloning especially for human cloning that caught my attention are defective genes could be eliminated, faster recovery from traumatic injury, and organ cloning. According to Healthresearchfunding.org , The Genetic illnesses caused my damaged DNA lines will disappear because the cloning of the human healthy human cells. This could prevent so many young children that have Genetic diseases especially the deadly ones. I feel this is very convincing for me because seeing young children with diseases like that breaks my heart and feel they deserve to how regular life. Another big pro of cloning is that of cloning organs for the human body...
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...Jones Period 5 5-19-11 Disadvantages of Cloning Some people might ask the question, what is cloning? Cloning is the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another. Some people have there reasons for believing that cloning is the right thing to do. Others have there reasons for believing that cloning should not be allowed. I am one of the people that believe cloning shouldn’t be allowed. There are a lot of good reasons why cloning should be allowed. However, the reasons why cloning should not be allowed are more important. Let’s get into more detail. One reason I disagree with cloning is the uncertainty of science technology. It has been said that science and technology cannot solve everything. Scientist cannot even promise that the results of cloning are controllable. Some people believe that human cloning should be banned because they have potential in damaging humans’ future. Also, the cloning of Dolly resulted in the death of many embryos and newborns before success was achieved. With human cloning, even if the human clone survived, it is not guaranteed that it would develop normally. Cloning could also be the cause of losing the diversity of genes. The diversity of genes comes from parents having different sets of genes. If two people have identical genes, it can weaken our power, which makes getting certain diseases easier. So if someone has a baby by a clone, it could possibly harm the clone. Cloning could also cause diseases that could lead...
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...HUMAN CLONING Human Cloning Human Cloning One of the most controversial topics around the world today is human cloning. Knowledge rush defined cloning as “the creation of a genetically identical copy of an existing human or growing cloned tissue from that individual.” Human cloning is also referred to as artificial human cloning. Cloning efforts date back to the 1800s with the attempts to clone sea urchins and frogs. As of today, human cloning has not been perfected or deemed safe. Human cloning should not be legalized due to the high possibility of wiping out the entire population, overcrowding the entire population and the many ethical and medical issues. More advanced research, studies and experiments are needed before human cloning can become a reality. Then we have therapeutic and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning is defined by med terms as “a procedure when cells (typically from the skin), are taken from patients and then inserted into a fertilized egg whose nucleus has been removed.” The stem cells that are extracted are used to grow tissue that could possibly be a genetic match and treat disorders like diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Keep in mind that this is not 100% accurate and that it’s a big part of the bioethical controversy. Developing cures is a huge one. The effort to find cures for illnesses will become extinct because every scientist and doctor will be too focused on cloning and looking out for themselves. Then...
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...Ethics: Cloning is often regarded as being immoral, however as of yet there have been no sufficient arguments to show immorality. Ethical problems arise in the research of human cloning. There are unknown risks associated to cloning, unsuspecting subjects in trials, and psychological expectations. The problem is not human cloning itself, but rather how we would use cloning once it becomes a reality. The safety and best interests of someone who may be cloned should be of utmost importance. The questions of the procedure of cloning should be scrutinized. SCNT does not have very high success rate – less than five percent of cloned cultured cells develop into a living organism. In the case of Dolly (the cloned sheep) there was a 0.4 percent chance...
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...challenging problems of cell biology. Her creation raised a troubling question: Can humans, too, be cloned? And if so, Should humans be able to play God? Cloning has been an idea that the world has awaited and feared for decades. Cloning has been around since the 1950s when 2 scientists made a frog from tadpole cells. In the 60s, scientists cloned frogs again, but this time using cells from older tadpoles. What has just happened recently is the cloning of a mammal. The sheep named Dolly. A MAMMAL born from a single adult cell. The question is: Is cloning good or evil? Some say this is one of the most remarkable breakthroughs of science history. Man Creates Life. Amazing. But, let's rethink this.. Is the ability for man to create life (in a sense play god), is this a good thing or a bad thing? Why would it be a bad thing? This is an incredible breakthrough of scientific history. This area of microbiology needs to be further explored. There are several advantages that cloning may serve. A child needs a bone marrow transplant within the next two years. You could clone a copy and retrieve the bone marrow. Cloning would give lesbians a way to bear a biological descendant without visiting the spermbank. Perhaps the army could breed stronger, braver soldiers to use just for battle. Let's look at the advantages to cloning mammals: A farmer could clone his prize cow over and over making several copies of it, producing better milk with more nutrients. A shepard could clone...
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...Cloning 1. What should Dr. Smith do? I think that with such minimal overall research done in the entire cloning industry and no research done with a human being the variable, it is not a wise decision for Dr. Smith to proceed with cloning the body cell of Lucy. Although I don’t think that any further damage (besides death) could happen to Lucy, if something terrible happens or if the procedure does go well and then Lucy becomes ill or something else goes wrong with the cloning in the long run, Mr. Luning could come back after the doctor for damages or just create a bad reputation for Dr. Smith and she could lose and donation or funds that she currently has while cloning animals. 2. Give three reasons she should not do this. 1. Risk – Something could go wrong with the cloning and cause a hardship on future funding and views on Dr. Smith 2. Emotion damage – No longer working on an animal, a procedure that goes wrong could cause the doctor to no longer work towards more research in cloning. 3. Ethics – Many people and maybe even the doctor towards human cloning, could have feelings against a human cloning. 3. Give three reasons she should 4. Success – If everything goes right with the cloning she could be forever known as the pioneer in human cloning. 5. Financial – With Mr. Luning willing to pay everything he has for the procedure, with it being successful many other possible client would present themselves for the services...
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...article “Human Cloning Debate: Why Do It? Who’d Be Hurt? Should It Be Legal?” by Peter Kendall from the Chicago Tribute, the author showed both the pros and cons of cloning. First of all, the author mentioned a man who has genetic problem, so he cannot pass his trait to his next generation. Then, the author made a question to his reader about should cloning be legal and introduce to the world or not. After that, he gave out several facts to support that cloning is good. For instance, it could resurrect prehistoric animals like Tyrannosaurs, or the cloning can create a perfect trait for a baby before she gives birth to a baby. On the other hand, some reporters said that choosing trait for children is reckless. In the article, the author said the unfavorable trait may be created for a baby, which means that there is a small chance that people might fail to make the trait they pick for their children. In addition, creating carbon copies of a human are not succeeded and apply to the businesses because the person will not produce children and die at a very young age. In conclusion, cloning is still a problem for many ethicists because they are still debating. The author pointed out most of the facts on both positive and negative effects of cloning. Also, he had few opinions that make it logical. To me, cloning or carbon copying are still new to the world and we need more advanced technology to enchant it in the future. I have the same opinion as the writer that cloning is both good...
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...In the passage, “Should You Clone Your Pet” published by Sscholastic magazine, there are many pros and cons to cloning. The article stated, “With the help of modern day science, some pet owners are bringing their pets back to life…” Wow! This is amazing, if you lose your pet you can just get him back again! But that's not completely the case. Some people think that cloning is a good effect on society because researchers use cloning on other animals then just the average dog or cat to develop new present day medical discoveries. Also, they use it to find cures. Without cloning is there any possible other way to discover the undiscovered or solve the unknown? Well let's take a look at the cons. On the other hand people believe it will harm the...
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...Two of Us: Cloning Cloning didn’t make a significant impact in culture or science until the first mammal was cloned in 1997. Cloning is the process in which an exact genetic copy of an organism is made. The first successful cloning was of Dolly the sheep. Though this was a huge stride for the scientific community, there has been many public riots against this action. Over the years scientists have researched and there has been several successful cloned animals; however, there have been many unsuccessful clonings. Throughout its history, cloning has overcome many obstacles. Scientists have discovered three types of cloning, anyhow, it is still not well received in society today. The founders of modern genetics, took the first steps in re-evaluating the previous theories used for cloning. August Weismann, Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at the University of Freiburg, proposed that cells can be manipulated by similar genetic organisms (Beale 2). Soon after Weismann’s theory was given public attention, two other scientists tried experimenting with his theory on manipulating similar organisms. During this time of trial and error, most of the animals used were small, such as: frogs, bird eggs, mice, and...
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...Human Cloning comes with two dangerous processes, reproductive cloning (the creating of a new organism) and the therapeutic cloning (the creation of a new tissues or “other biological products”) which affects the ethics of human society. Scientists perceive cloning benefits all men and women, while religious leaders stress the idea of cloning to be an unethical process. Although human cloning serves as an aid to the children and parents with conflicts, cloning is completely unacceptable to convey human life as a product. Humans reproductively and therapeutically give the idea of people becoming a product rather than a living being. Siedler emphasizes that “reproductive cloning could also represent an enormous step in direction of transforming human procreation into human manufacture” (Siedler 91-92). In other words, reproductive cloning will create a world full of dolls that will remove every trace of living beings. Though it is hard to believe the world becoming a doll house for each family or community, it has come to a conclusion that the ability of cloning and “creating children” is questioning every person, “what does it mean to be a human?” (Yount 114). If it was not bad enough for this world to describe some of the people to be looked upon as nothing but a thing, cloning pushes the idea to a whole new level. “By opening the door to many things such as manipulation,” Yount states, as she desperately explains the fear in cloning, “of wanting to be someone else, it can treat...
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...Abstract Cloning first kick-started in 1996, with the cloning of Dolly, in which there was no male involved in the cloning. Ever since Dolly, hundreds of animals have been cloned. Every single day, scientists are getting close and closer to cloning humans. With the technology today, it is seems more evident to happen. Nevertheless, not everyone believes that we should be cloning humans. In the United States right now, there is no law banning any kind of human cloning. This means that at this moment, scientists have the right to clone a human if they wanted to. While some believe that, we should not ban cloning in the United States, there are also many that believe that we should, and I am one of them. Within this paper, I will explain my view in order to plead my case that human cloning is unethical and inhumane. Human Cloning, Is it Ethical Human cloning is and has been the subject of moral debate in the United States and around the world, and because of this it has raised many ethical questions. One thing that I do have in common with our previous president Bush is his principle that it is unethical to create human life for destroying it. I never thought about human cloning and its relevance until I watched the movie, called The Island. The Island is a sci-fi action thriller that reportedly cost about $120 million to make. Its powerful message is against creating human life in a laboratory and it truly came through loud and clear despite...
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...need to be in multiple places, but have to face the fact that there is only one of you? With cloning this can be possible! There has been much speculation in the world over the topic of cloning human beings. Most people are misinformed or just have lack of knowledge on the subject. Cloning humans could benefit us in a multitude of ways, especially in the fields of medical research, organ harvesting, the pursuit in creating the perfect soldier and in providing you extra help. Cloning can be extremely important with finding cures for those that are effected by the tragic diseases on this planet .“Cloning technology can be used to test for and perhaps cure genetic diseases. The above list only scratches the surface of...
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...from being paralyzed, medical technology and science have advanced to incredible heights. A woman is crippled by the loss of her five year old child, but she can go to the a medical facility and use his DNA to have a clone made, the same exact little boy she just lost; a football player was in a bad car wreck and is now paralyzed, his life revolves around his favorite sport that he can no longer play, again with science he can be healed, scientist use stem cells to repair his spinal cord, he is back in the game. This may sound amazing, but it comes with its luggage, a very high cost, other lives, more specifically human lives. With stem cell research and cloning can fix many problems, but the ways to make this possible requires human life in the form of embryos. Not only that but having the power to chose who lives and who dies is a power no human should have, that is a power reserved only for God himself. According to Merriam-Webster, bioethics is the ethics of life and biology, in the context of this paper, it is the ethics of creating and altering life. It deals with the ethics and implications of stem cells, In Vitro Fertilization, cloning and related issues. For years cloning and reviving organisms have been the imagination of writers and directors and dreams of scientists, but now, those dreams are possible with science and technology being advanced more and more everyday. Stem cells can be used to repair organs or spinal cord injuries but are harvested from human...
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