Cloning: Dilemma of Science

Cloning: Dilemma of Science

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Cloning: Dilemma of Science

Shawn R Jean

University of Phoenix/Axia College

Cloning: Dilemma of Science

Have you ever thought what it would be like to have an identical twin, identical to the last detail? Now, imagine what it would be like to have cities, states, ore even countries of identical people. Granted there would be no prejudice to worry about, but who would lead this society? Who would be who? Since there are no differences between one another, there will be no problem finding donors, or even growing organs to match the failing one. You could extend your life indefinitely, thus never having to worry about death. I could sit here all day and list the questions that cloning could bring, but I would rather list the facts that are certain and let you decide whether or not you are for or against cloning.
First off, what is cloning and how is it done? The process of cloning starts with taking an egg from one donor and removing the nucleus from the unfertilized egg cell. Then, you fuse the enucleated egg with a cell removed from the person or animal being cloned. Once the egg has begun the embryonic stage, it is then placed into a surrogate mother for it to begin growing into a cloned baby, puppy, kitten, etc. Keep in mind this has never been attempted on a human. (That has been officially documented). This is mostly due to the fact that it has not been federally approved. According to (PBS Nova ScienceNow) they have managed to clone human tissue itself, which was federally approved.

This diagram shows the theoretic steps to reproductive cloning. Keep in mind that this has never been successfully accomplished but we could be just a matter of a couple years from accomplishing it.

However, it is not like cloning is some new science trick that scientists are toying with. It has actually been around since the 1890’s says Marie A DiBerardino and Robert G Mckinnell, authors of “Backwards Compatible” an article out of Sciences,...

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