The Pros And Cons Of Animal Cloning

Cloning is the production of an organism with genetic material identical to that of another organism. The word cloning comes from the Greek work klon, meanings “twig,” involves the production of genetically identical animals by a process of nuclear transfer. On July 5th, 1996, at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, a scientific breakthrough occurred when Dolly, a Finn Dorset sheep, was born. (Seidel, 682) “We transfered 29 eggs into a recipient and only one of them became a live lamb. So you can see it’s a very exciting and encouraging result. The efficiencies are poor and there’s a need for a lot more research.”(npr.org) Where it is a controversial subject, the cloning of dolly the sheep affected the world in a positive way and helped advance medical research in finding cures for diseases.

When Dolly, the first cloned sheep entered in the news, the cloning controversy is becoming more prominent. Not only researchers, the general public became interested in knowing how cloning is done as well as engage in the pros and cons.

Cloning an animal is full of controversy. However, it is an amazing feat for science and technology. This reason gives cloning a positive viewpoint for many people. Though, the act will still probably remain a controversy. Another reason is that cloning is misunderstood. Many people think that it’s something

From Star Wars to the Jurassic Park movies cloning has always been a science fiction story that was light years ahead of us. But with recent evidence and research to clone living organisms, the far away fantasies of cloning we have been dreaming about for many years is rapidly becoming a reality, even faster than we think. Twenty years ago, in 1997, Dolly the Sheep was the first successful clone to be produced from an adult mammal. In the article “The Coming of Clones” American Scientists announced in 2013 that they had for the first time successfully obtained stem cells from cloned human embryos (the building blocks of cloning life). Due to this announcement and the cloning of Dolly, cloning has become a debatable topic that has both negative

This is not the first time that scientists have used this method to clone animals.. The first animal to ever have been cloned was Dolly the sheep.

Even though there is a profound pro that supports cloning, there are just as many cons when it comes to this process. Even though cloning is a powerful tool, it is not entirely safe. Cloning still needs a lot more research before it can become completely safe. It took almost 300 clones to be created before Dolly was produced. The world was shocked but did not understand that she had some imperfections. Dolly grew up very sick and had to be put down because of many illnesses. (17)

Debates about cloning only initiated after the first cloned mammal from an adult somatic cell in 1996 was officially declared a success. The cloned mammal was a sheep named Dolly, which then appeared to suffer from health conditions that ended her life at a young age (Pano, 36). “This ignited a worldwide controversy about whether or not cloned animals die prematurely” (Lew, chapter 1).

Despite all the benefits that animal cloning can bring, many still oppose it. One of the opposing side’s main concerns is the success rate for cloning. Why should scientists continue experimenting with cloning if it has such a high failure rate? Yet, that is the exact reason why scientists should continue experimenting. If scientists were able to continue improving this technology, then they could raise the success rate and work on any other concerns from the opposing

The possibility of stem cell research exploded with momentum when a certain sheep named Dolly was born. The reason why this was such a breakthrough is because Dolly was the first mammal ever cloned. Although this all began in 1996, the study into stem cell research has been documented since the 1960’s, where Joseph Altman and Gopal Das brought forward new evidence of adult neurogenesis ( the ongoing stem cell activity in the brain). The birth of Dolly brought many breakthroughs for the scientific community but it also created an avalanche of concern because of the ethical implications. With all of the reporting on Dolly, the news media only spoke of one type of cloning and that is reproductive cloning. This may be the most popular

Dolly was cloned "using cells from the mammary glands of an adult sheep and an egg cell from which the nucleus had been removed" (Petechuk). Dolly took 277 tries to get her right. Many people question if Dolly could be called a real living animal. I think she proved many people wrong when she gave birth to healthy babies (Aldridge). Even though Dolly was a huge success and a big step forward in cloning science, she did die young. Her chromosomes were shorter than the average sheep. Cloning in animals can also cause diseases (Petechuk). After Dolly, cloning has done some miracles like bringing back an extinct species called the Ibex. The Ibex was a mountain goat from Spain. Scientists saved skin from the goat and cloned it. It died shortly after birth (LaPensee). So animal cloning as you can see has not been perfected but still is improving every

Does the name Dolly sound familiar? Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned. Cloning has opened many doors and opportunities in the agricultural industry. Cloning also has helped in saving many human lives. Several years ago many people opposed using animal organs for transplants, but today it is accepted. Medicinally and agriculturally, cloning can be extremely helpful to the existence of humans. It is the cloning of human beings that raises the questions concerning ethics and morality. Cloning has become a problem for society, and these problems include a decline of genetic diversity, the morality of cloning, and a cause of psychological problems.

The world of science fiction came to life in 1997, when the first successful attempt at animal cloning occurred. Dolly the sheep became famous worldwide, and sent the scientific community into a tizzy. However, animal cloning is unethical and wrong, due to the failures, side effects, uses of clones, and the possibility of future human cloning. But to understand this topic more clearly, some basic information must be given. First of all, there are many different techniques that have been utilized in scientist’s efforts, but a great majority of them involve altering the adult cell of a donor to enable it to be reprogrammed. According to Pennisi and Vogel, this consists of taking the cell’s nucleus, then

For the past few years, scientists have been working on a cloning experiment. Cloning is where one thing is taken and and another one is made. One just like it. Mostly, animals have been cloned. They have been cloned with many fails, and some success.

Dolly the sheep, was the first animal cloned successfully by scientist, Ian Wilmut at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. Scientists cloned to mainly see if they could replicate the sheep without inbreeding. Cloning has a great advancement in our society, medical, and scientific researches. It shows that we have many more advancements coming in the future with cloning. Cloning for research should be used for these three main reasons: use of cloning through medicine, cloning to have healthy livestock, and using cloning of animals to see how it affects drug production.

Food Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible in protecting the public health. FDA says “cattle, swine, goat clones and the offspring of any animal clones traditionally consumed as food, are safe for human and animal [consuming]” (For Consumers). Even though the FDA have stated food from cloned animals is safe many still doubt and say it’s not. Firstly, why would farmers even consider cloning their animals? For example, farmers do not have the say in the outcome of the offspring. He or she cannot decide on the gender and will not know 100 percent sure if the animal have the best traits the farmer’s desire. In traditional breeding, no longer efficient, many things can go wrong such as the female rejects the male, the success rate of pregnancy is low, and worst case scenario both animals may be injured. Dairy farms do not have bulls because the sperm donor may be from as far away as in another state. “Cloning allows the [farmers] to increase the number of breeding animals available to make the actual food production animals” (DeLancey et. Al). Farmers who clones their animals have the ability to control (complete control) the offspring’s traits in their