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    In animal and human cloning alike, arguments over ethicality boil down to a matter of medical benefits versus moral concerns. Governmental and social groups are split by the benefits of therapeutic, reproductive, and molecular cloning, which bring their own moral rewards in the preservation of life, and the grey areas cloning brings on matters of protection of morals and individuality. Through cloning technology, medical science will learn to renew activity of damaged cells by growing new cells and

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    Animal Cloning Applications and Morality Concerns One fateful afternoon, a father discovers that their beloved pet kitten is deceased on the side of the roadway. The parents are worried about telling their children the sad news because they will be devastated. Luckily, the parents reach out to a company that offers animal cloning. With just a sample of the kitten’s DNA, they can produce an exact match and an identical copy that will soon replace their lost family pet. While this story demonstrates

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    our limit and Eternity our measurement – Marcus Garvey (1887-1940). Cloning and genetically modifying humans is now more attainable than ever due to strides made by science. With a relatively short history, cloning and genetic engineering have been a new concept for many people in society with the first proof of cloning being dolly the sheep, the first successful clone born by the somatic cell nuclear-transfer procedure [1]. Cloning over the years has evolved and now could be used to someday help people

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    a staple in our day to day lives. With the constant advancements of technology the ideology of cloning has now become a reality. The increasing use of science today is slowly leading to the development of cloning and genetic selection. By altering the genetic make-up of a being, scientists have brought about several questions on how the population would adjust to the “super-beings,” and what benefits and consequences both human and non-humans would gain with their creations? Authors Francis Fukuyama

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    controversial issue of human cloning. The documentary has shown the development of a ten-cell human embryo along with explaining the science behind this extraordinary procedure. Human cloning has raised complex ethical challenges for the people involved, the healthcare staff and the society on the whole. New definitions of parents and children are created by infertility treatments and a rethinking of traditional concepts of family is required. Human reproductive cloning should be banned because of

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    Cloning is a method that involves creating a duplicate of the original body or organism. In organism such as bacteria this process occurs naturally through asexual reproduction. In modern world, genetically identical off springs can be produced in lab with the help of modern genetic technology. There are three types of cloning. They are gene, reproductive and therapeutic cloning. Gene cloning is essentially recombinant DNA technology, where a piece of foreign DNA is inserted into a vector, which

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    are just one of many examples” (Cloning). Cloning has a lot of controversy surrounding it. Some people believe that it shouldn’t be used in science. There are also people out there that believe it is extraordinary and should be used on a daily basis. There are many benefits to cloning, but there are also many things most people don’t know about genetic cloning, such as how it works and that it occasionally happens naturally. I will be writing about how genetic cloning works, the risks involved, and

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    Pro Animal Cloning

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    most favorable traits and all were exceedingly productive. Although all of this may seem like a dream because it’s supposedly impossible, all of the items listed can be achieved through animal cloning. Animal cloning is extremely beneficial and should be allowed for all purposes. Animal cloning has many benefits in the medical field. It can help find cures for many diseases. When scientists want to research a certain disease, they need to genetically engineer animal models to carry the gene for the

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    Pros And Cons Of Cloning

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    For quite some time, cloning has been a largely debated topic in society. Most people in the U.S. feel like cloning is morally wrong and takes innocent lives, but others think that it is beneficial and could be a big advancement in modern science. Cloning to produce humans has been outlawed in most countries, but in some, cloning for therapeutic reasons is still a dispute. Cloning can lead to revolutionary medical treatments such as cures for cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Multiple

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    Twins? Or is it clones? It has been known that identical twins are natural clones. The question is, what is cloning? Cloning is the process of making a genetically identical organism through the use of a DNA sample. There are three different types of artificial cloning: gene cloning, reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning. Dolly, the sheep, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. There is a specific procedure that has to be followed for a clone to be made

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