Reproductive cloning is a technology used to generate an animal that has the same nuclear DNA as another currently or previously existing animal. Dolly was created by reproductive cloning technology. In a process called "somatic cell nuclear transfer" (SCNT)‚ scientists transfer genetic material from the nucleus of a donor adult cell to an egg whose nucleus‚ and thus its genetic material‚ has been removed. The reconstructed egg containing the DNA from a donor cell must be treated with chemicals or
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medical researcher at Harvard University has said that “Cloning represents a very clear‚ powerful‚ and immediate example in which we are in danger of turning procreation into manufacture.” While what he says about cloning becoming an imminent problem may not be necessarily true Mary Shelley‚ the author of “Frankenstein”‚ and Lewis Thomas‚ author of “On Cloning a Human Being”‚ have similar stances on the negative effect synthetic creation of human life would have on the world. In Frankenstein Victor
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The theory of being able to make a genetic copy (a clone) of another animal has been around for quite a while. In this section as the title reads I will show the history of cloning. 400 million years B. C.- Plants have been cloning themselves since not to long (as far as the Earth is concerned) after their introduction to our planet. They send out runners that create an identical copy of the parent plant. 1938- Hans Spermann‚ of Germany‚ envisions what he calls the "fantastical experiment"
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has their specific views on what is right and what is wrong‚ which brings us to the question of what is ethical when it comes to cloning especially on humans and animals. Cloning has become a great controversial issue in today’s world where scientists and other people have different views on cloning. Some are hopeful as they believe that through genetic engineering‚ cloning is our future‚ giving the potential to save the lives of many people from terrible and deadly diseases. Nevertheless‚ some people
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Today‚ science and technology has the ability to make this myth reality through the process of cloning. I am strongly against cloning for many reasons. People should not utilize cloning because it would destroy individuality and uniqueness‚ cause overpopulation‚ animal cruelty‚ it is against morals and ethics‚ and it violates many religious beliefs. In order to strongly argue against cloning‚ there must be an understanding of its process and what exactly it is. Simply stated‚ a clone is
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Since 1885‚ cloning has been a hot topic in the science communities throughout the world. The first demonstration of artificial embryo twinning was performed by Hans Adolf Edward Dreisch using a sea urchin (National Human Genome Research Institute). In this simple experiment‚ Dreisch proved that shaking two-celled sea urchin embryos separated them and allowed each cell to grow into full sea urchins. What was learned by this experiment was that embryos in early stages of development have their own
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In most cloning cases‚ isolated genes or cells are cloned just for and only for scientific study and no new biological material or animals are crated. However‚ in 1997 an experiment was conducted and the result was the cloning of a sheep named Dolly. This process was different as it used a new technique of cloning known as somatic cell nuclear transfer. When the somatic cell nuclear transfer technique was first
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Therapeutic cloning. In order to understand Therapeutic cloning is important to define what stem cells are? Stem cells have the capacity to develop in any type of cell of the human body. For scientist this is a great advancement because stem cells can be used to reproduce and create organs to help people who are in need of an organ transplant or are undergoing terminal diseases. The opposition to therapeutic cloning argues that embryos should not be created for the sole purpose of being used as
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Cloning PROS of Cloning There are many pros of cloning‚ which could be beneficial for society today.Past experiments of cloning have told us with work‚ we‚ humans‚ can clone anything we want. But why would we want to? First‚ cloning helps in the medical department. Such as cloning animal models of disease. Think about it‚ the way researches learn about human diseases usually comes from studying animal models. These transgenic animals take a long and intensive process to create. Cloning
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"Human Cloning? Don’t Just Say No‚" written by Ruth Macklin‚ a professor of Bioethics‚ discusses the negative responses people have regarding human cloning. As the title says: "Human Cloning? Don’t Just Say No‚" Macklin believes that cloning deserves a chance to be developed in humans. Though there may not be any substantial benefits to human cloning‚ nobody has presented a persuasive case that cloning is harmful either. One of the points mentioned in the essay is about a violation to human dignity
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