Cloning Is The New Black

Animal cloning is happening in today's society, people are split on either side that it is a big step into human race future, or if it is a part of science that humans shouldn’t be a part of. Cloning is done by removing a cell, then transfer the DNA into the egg of a donor, the animal would then grow up to look like the original. Cloning by humans is not the only way to clone, asexual reproduction is considered cloning used by bacteria. Humans consider the fact that you have a twin means that you have clone. So there are the facts to take in that cloning has been happening for a long time and that it is also done naturally. The big issue on animal cloning is more on the fact that many birth defects can happen to the cloned animal because it is such a high percentage. Clones that have defects such as two heads or extra body parts do have a small chance to live to the adult age. On the other side humans see cloning as a way of survival, with testing done on animals we could look back into the past and bring extinct animals from it. Many home pets have been cloned properly to look like an exact replica of the original, but the personality is the key difference between both. With experiments we now know cloning can be beneficial in some ways, but there is always a draw back. Another con to cloning is that it reduces the diversity in genetics, since cloning is using exact genes it has the potential to limit diversity in the species, there may be a time where organisms will no longer breed naturally. But the con that most people think of is that one day, humans would be able to clone themselves. This scenario is more of a moral dilemma because it is not natural and goes against many people and what they believe in, the fear comes from the movies and books because no human has ever been cloned, and then the wars will start because the fear of death would no longer be there. This is all just one side of the issue, the pro side looks for advancements to benefit humans. Cloning can help produce the best animal population with healthy genes. This could mean that humans can keep endangered animals from becoming extinct, this also means that with the raw material

What was once thought to be the content of fiction novels and comic books is now being fully explored and realized in the cutting edge world of modern science. Scientists now possess the necessary capabilities and technology to make the process of human cloning a reality. While this is a controversial and rather sensitive topic, cloning is an innovative practice that has the potential to vastly improve the lives of unlimited amounts of people. Although cloning may prove to be a useful remedy for many of today’s issues, there are those in the scientific and medical fields who remain vehemently opposed to its practice. It is for this reason that lawmakers, scientists, and doctors around the world are currently locked in a fierce standoff

The act of cloning a human being comes dangerously close to human beings acting as God. Do human beings have the right to tamper with nature in this way? This essay explores the various ethical issues related to the cloning debate, and seeks answers to this deep philosophical question at the heart of bioethics. As a student of genetic biology and future biologist, this question also has personal relevance. Our science is evolving at a rapid pace. As human cloning becomes increasingly possible, it is important that we analyze the ethics of cloning so that judicious public policy can be created. It is therefore my position that research into cloning should continue to fulfill the fundamental goals of scientific exploration and to explore the possibilities that cloning might have in terms of benefitting human society; on the other hand, there are certainly ethical limits to the practice of cloning. It is important to define those ethical limits, so that scientists understand the best ways to proceed.

Stem cell research has shown enormously promising results, and deserves to be pursued by scientists worldwide. In the short time stem cell research has been around, amazing things have happened, and continue to happen. For example according to the article “9. Can Stem Cells Repair a Damaged Heart?” Research on mice has showed promising result with the injection of bone marrow cells into damaged ventricle walls. In their studies, scientists were able to take a group of bone marrow cells with a high capacity to develop into other cell types, and get them to form new cardiomyocytes, vascular endothelial, and smooth muscle cells. Cardiomyocytes are the heart muscle cells that contracts to eject the blood out of the heart's ventricles, and vascular endothelial are the cells that line all vesicles (both veins and arteries). Smooth muscle cells are the cells in smooth muscles, such as the ventricles in the heart. The creation of new cardiomyocytes, vascular endothelial, and smooth muscle cells lead to the generating of newly formed heart muscle, including coronary arteries, arterioles, and capillaries (Can 2015). If this technology can be translated from mice to humans, this could revolutionize the way we see modern medicine today. There could be an end to people dying waiting for heart transplants, and catastrophes resulting from heart attacks. The ramifications are endless. Additional advancements have been made in the area of the pancreas. As stated in the article “7. Stem Cells and Diabetes”, “ promising studies indicate that insulin-producing cells can be cultivated from embryonic stem cell lines” (Diabetes 2015). This could mean new treatments, and possibly cures, for diabetes. Despite the fact that embryonic stem cell, which is the most promising type of stem cell research, results in the destruction of an embryo it provides the opportunity for hundreds

Many people believe cloning is unethical and unusful. These individuals believe that cloning should not be practiced, because it infringes upon their beliefs. They see cloning as a last resort and do not trust the science of cloning. “Several governments have considered or enacted legislation to slow down, limit or ban cloning experiments outright” (Freudenrich 5). Many people think that cloning a species is a very unideal situation, because it uses loose policies. However the many benefits of cloning far outway the few disadvantages. Cloning endangered species is beneficial to saving most species around the world, in countries like the United States and China,

In the creation of technological advances that survives today, the dispute of cloning is ever existent as a debate of morals and human rights. People are asking if we have the right to clone humans and other animals. Cloning, the process of taking a cell from one organism, taking a donor womb cell from another organism of the same species, inserting the original cell in the donor cell, and placing the newly developed embryo inside a surrogate mother. This is an inhumane desecration of human rights and an obscene act against the natural balance of life. There are those who think that cloning is a brilliant idea and that it is tolerable to create life from an individual which already exists. Those in support of cloning have countless reasons for their opinion. They say that clones and cloning can be used for medical and research purposes, that clones are capable of populating our military. Another reason for cloning is to replace a deceased child or pet, or to enable infertile couples to have children. But these people in support of cloning seem to ignore one key factor that makes this act a violation of nature. All living human beings have feelings and thoughts, and that also includes clones. Cloning belittles the individualities each person and animals acquires, and many consider it an ethical injustice.

With recent advances in science and medicine, researchers across the world have been applying discoveries to the betterment of ailments which has brought forth much optimism for a better human life. Advancements in stem cells, more particularly, has been on the forefront of a mass of said advances. This research, although controversial, has sparked ideas of what can be done to save patients from demise from issues surrounding organ transplants. It is noted that “the stem cell field has grown very rapidly over the past decade, and continues to be one of the most exciting aspects of biomedical research…with an astonishing annual growth rate of 77% since 2008 (El-Hashash, 4).”

One of the latest scientific breakthroughs has been the success of cloning. Ever since the creation of “Dolly” the sheep at Roslin Institute, there has been increased debates on whether scientists should bump up a notch and try to clone a human. Biotechnology and science evolves day by day. New inventions and discoveries play an important part in order for a breakthrough in science. Scientists are eager to study and dig deeper into the mysteries of life, to them experimenting with cloning is a major step in fully understanding the human body and its limits. But to some, the ethics of cloning has become an important issue. Questions regarding human lives as experiments and the dangerous effects of a failed experiment confronts the issue. There are still many arguable questions regarding to cloning that needs to be answered before the legalization of cloning.

According to Judith A. Boss, author of Analyzing Moral Issues, cloning is an asexual reproduction process in which genetically identical individuals are produced (Boss 126). Two authors, specifically, Julian Savulescu and Leon Kass have very distinct and different points of view on cloning and genetic enhancement. Human cloning has become a significant argument that most people have a stance either for or against it. Cloning is allowed and occurs in our society today, but whether one finds it acceptable or not is a different point. People have their own reasons for being in favor of cloning or being against it, but there are some people who judge if cloning is acceptable on a situation-by-situation basis. I am strongly against human

“Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger of turning procreation into manufacture,” a quote from a scientist and physician, Leon Kass. Even scientists believe that this isn’t the way technological advancements should lean over to. They should focus on technology that might benefit the human race. For example, maybe scientists could find the way to cure diseases, cancer, and possibly find a way to expand human life, including animal lives. Cloning is a big ethical concern to everyone alike; scientists, people, physicians believe that this way of technological advances is clearly not what the human race

The first problem that human cloning encounter is it is one of unethical processes because it involves the alteration of the human genetic and human may be harmed, either during experimentation or by expectations after birth. “Cloning, like all science, must be used responsibly. Cloning human is not desirable. But cloning sheep has its uses.”, as quoted by Mary Seller, a member of the Church of England’s Board of Social Responsibility (Amy Logston, 1999). Meaning behind this word are showing us that cloning have both advantages and disadvantages. The concept of cloning is hurting many human sentiments and human believes. “Given the high rates of morbidity and mortality in the cloning of other mammals, we believe that cloning-to-produce-children would be extremely unsafe, and that attempts to produce a cloned child would be highly unethical”, as quoted by the President’s Council on Bioethics. Since human cloning deals with human life, it said to be unethical if people are willing to killed embryo or infant to produce a cloned human and advancing on it. The probability of this process is successful is also small because the technology that being used in this process is still new and risky.

If a random individual were asked twenty years ago if he/she believed that science could clone an animal, most would have given a weird look and responded, “Are you kidding me?” However, that once crazy idea has now become a reality, and with this reality, has come debate after debate about the ethics and morality of cloning. Yet technology has not stopped with just the cloning of animals, but now many scientists are contemplating and are trying to find successful ways to clone human individuals. This idea of human cloning has fueled debate not just in the United States, but also with countries all over the world. I believe that it is not morally and ethically right

Many ethical and moral dilemmas arise when discussing human cloning, and one can have many positions for and against each. To understand the issues surrounding human cloning, one must have a basic

Scientists have always driven themselves to make new discoveries, and with technology rapidly increasing it is easier to make these discoveries. Sometimes these new discoveries aren’t always accepted or appreciated. One of these discoveries being animal cloning. Animal cloning is one of the most controversial topics in the science world, as of today. Scientist clone animals even though people view it as wrong. Thus making animal cloning highly debated about today and if it should really be used. Many people do not agree with animal cloning, due to their ethical and moral views, which is one reason why animal cloning shouldn’t happen. Another reason is animal exploitation and cruelty, and serious issues can happen with the cloned animals. Like deformities for example. Also, animal cloning’s cost and failure rate is very high. We are wasting our money. Overall, the disadvantages of animal cloning outweigh any of the advantages by a landslide.

The prospect of human cloning was introduced in February 1997 when an embryologist was able to produce a lamb through the process of cloning. Once the lamb was cloned, the question of whether research for human cloning came into being. Society and researchers have feuded over whether human cloning should be banned or allowed for research and reproduction purposes. Each side has reasonable ideologies to continue their stance towards the opposing argument. Pro- cloners believe that the research developed from human cloning will benefit society, while those who oppose it believe there are numerous risks in allowing the research. A decision will be reached when both sides compromise and reach an agreement.