Therapeutic Cloning
Cloning is a very big mystery and is also an up and coming topic in the science industry. Cloning can be used to either clone a human or any other animal without changing the genetic makeup of the parent one. It can be used therapeutically as well. Cloning when done carefully is an amazing thing and the possibilities are endless. Don't get carried away with this but it could potentially lead to the cure of cancer.
Why should we just keep a perfect gene makeup to one individual if a family were to have a child with it where it is immune to all diseases and viruses. The offspring of that child wouldn't have to look exactly like him or her, it would just carry his or her perfect gene makeup to pass them down on to other offspring which could …show more content…
Scientists can use a cloning technique to create stem cells for various reasons. A reason scientists create stem cells is the treating of diseases. The experimenting of treating diseases is called therapeutic cloning. It is one of the biggest reasons to clone because of how many people it could save. Someone with diabetes could even possibly be given stem cells which could have the gene to cancel out diabetes. "Clones could be produced to provide organs for transplants admittedly, transplants that could jeopardize or even end a clone's life (Kilner)." This proves that clones have many uses and are beneficial to …show more content…
Scientists eventually cloned a sheep after many failed attempts. The sheep was named Dolly and was born on the 277th try. "Reproductive cloning is a very inefficient technique and most cloned animal embryos cannot develop into healthy individuals. For instance, Dolly was the only clone to be born live out of a total of 277 cloned embryos. This very low efficiency, combined with safety concerns, presents a serious obstacle to the application of reproductive cloning ("Cloning Fact Sheet.")." This could prove to be a wasteful as the embryos won't get a chance to develop into anything. Cloning could seem that way but there is no guarantee the embryos will be able to develop to begin with at all. Scientists using stem cell research or actual cloning of humans may be able to find a way to stop the loss of
Why should we just keep a perfect gene makeup to one individual if a family were to have a child with it where it is immune to all diseases and viruses. The offspring of that child wouldn't have to look exactly like him or her, it would just carry his or her perfect gene makeup to pass them down on to other offspring which could …show more content…
Scientists can use a cloning technique to create stem cells for various reasons. A reason scientists create stem cells is the treating of diseases. The experimenting of treating diseases is called therapeutic cloning. It is one of the biggest reasons to clone because of how many people it could save. Someone with diabetes could even possibly be given stem cells which could have the gene to cancel out diabetes. "Clones could be produced to provide organs for transplants admittedly, transplants that could jeopardize or even end a clone's life (Kilner)." This proves that clones have many uses and are beneficial to …show more content…
Scientists eventually cloned a sheep after many failed attempts. The sheep was named Dolly and was born on the 277th try. "Reproductive cloning is a very inefficient technique and most cloned animal embryos cannot develop into healthy individuals. For instance, Dolly was the only clone to be born live out of a total of 277 cloned embryos. This very low efficiency, combined with safety concerns, presents a serious obstacle to the application of reproductive cloning ("Cloning Fact Sheet.")." This could prove to be a wasteful as the embryos won't get a chance to develop into anything. Cloning could seem that way but there is no guarantee the embryos will be able to develop to begin with at all. Scientists using stem cell research or actual cloning of humans may be able to find a way to stop the loss of