Pros And Cons Of Animal Cloning
Andrew McClarren
The process and idea of cloning has provoked controversy all over the world for a multitude of reasons. Genetically engineered animals have been studied and created over the last few hundred years. With such a low success rate and high cost associated with it, cloning has failed thus far to be perfected and the large majority of people lack interest in supporting the advancements of genetic engineering. The positive benefits linked with the use of clones tend to be overlooked based upon the negative aspects generally correlated with the subject. The use of genetically modified animals has significant effects on various parts of our society, both positive and negative (Centre of the Cell Team, 2012). Advancements in the …show more content…
Display of various stances on genetically engineered animals according to the states in America via HealthResearchFunding.org (Pros and Cons of Animal Cloning, 2014)
Aside from the controversy that has arisen in numerous religions, the general public finds many downfalls to be associated with using genetically engineered animals for consumption as seen in Figure 1 above. A large majority (about 66%) of Americans alone find that eating cloned animals may pose serious health risks to the human body (Sechen, 2007). The FDA does not necessarily have to state on food labels if the contents are genetically modified. The choice to disclose this information is ultimately up to the food manufacturer (FDA's Role in Regulating Safety of GE Foods, 2013). The process of cloning in itself is severely flawed, making it seem highly undesirable to copious amounts of people in the population. Cloning is achieved by collecting DNA from the desired animal and inserting it into a surrogate mother. This DNA develops in the egg of the mother that then becomes an embryo and hopefully grows and carries to term. If born, these animals will be genetically identical to the animal the DNA tissues were derived from but may be entirely different in
The process and idea of cloning has provoked controversy all over the world for a multitude of reasons. Genetically engineered animals have been studied and created over the last few hundred years. With such a low success rate and high cost associated with it, cloning has failed thus far to be perfected and the large majority of people lack interest in supporting the advancements of genetic engineering. The positive benefits linked with the use of clones tend to be overlooked based upon the negative aspects generally correlated with the subject. The use of genetically modified animals has significant effects on various parts of our society, both positive and negative (Centre of the Cell Team, 2012). Advancements in the …show more content…
Display of various stances on genetically engineered animals according to the states in America via HealthResearchFunding.org (Pros and Cons of Animal Cloning, 2014)
Aside from the controversy that has arisen in numerous religions, the general public finds many downfalls to be associated with using genetically engineered animals for consumption as seen in Figure 1 above. A large majority (about 66%) of Americans alone find that eating cloned animals may pose serious health risks to the human body (Sechen, 2007). The FDA does not necessarily have to state on food labels if the contents are genetically modified. The choice to disclose this information is ultimately up to the food manufacturer (FDA's Role in Regulating Safety of GE Foods, 2013). The process of cloning in itself is severely flawed, making it seem highly undesirable to copious amounts of people in the population. Cloning is achieved by collecting DNA from the desired animal and inserting it into a surrogate mother. This DNA develops in the egg of the mother that then becomes an embryo and hopefully grows and carries to term. If born, these animals will be genetically identical to the animal the DNA tissues were derived from but may be entirely different in