Cloning: A Nuisance or Necessity
So many miraculous discoveries have been made during the last century. Medical technology has advanced at an unprecedented rate. Now, we are faced with yet another scientific breakthrough. Cloning, in recent years has taken its own shape under the spotlight. However, people are debating whether or not it should be done. I mean, “Is it morally correct, humane, possible? How will it affect the future of humanity?” There are those who feel that we should step forward and support the idea. Proponents believe that the technology will be used for the good of mankind. Experts say that the technology may be used to help terminally ill patients in a therapeutic way. Others, however, are trying to stop the practice before it has a chance to realize its true potential because they are afraid of future hazards. They think that someone or some country will use the technology to aid them in war. They do not think that it should be accepted because of many of our religious beliefs. Opponents of cloning believe the benefits could never outweigh the potentially horrid process.
People who promote the idea of cloning claim that it will probably be used for very good reasons. Today’s list of people needing organ transplants because of disease or deformation at birth could be clearly in only a few years. The technology may advance to a point where children born with missing limbs or deformed parts could actually be removed and replaced with a fully functional, completely healthy limb.
If cloning were ever to reach its full potential, the benefits would be virtually limitless. There would be laboratories where the sole purpose of that lab would be to make replicas of one’s self, so that if the person ever had anything wrong with their body, it could be fixed by simply going and having a surgery that would give them a replacement. It would have matching DNA and would be 100% compatible with the body. In theory, people could extend their lives for hundreds of years.
Who can say that cloning is done for the purpose of medicine. Opposers of cloning claim that the technology is not being developed for the safety of humanity, but by the demand of the people. It is for the people out there who believe that it could give them a new start every time they feel like they are old.
Children grow up watching movies such as Star Wars as well as Gattaca that contain the idea of cloning which usually depicts that society is on the brink of war or something awful is in the midsts but, with todays technology the sci-fi nature of cloning is actually possible. The science of cloning obligates the scientific community to boil the subject down into the basic category of morality pertaining towards cloning both humans as well as animals. While therapeutic cloning does have its moral disagreements towards the use of using the stem cells of humans to medically benefit those with “incomplete” sets of DNA, the benefits of therapeutic cloning outweigh the disagreements indubitably due to the fact that it extends the quality of life for humans.
Cloning, especially human cloning attracts increasingly more attention after the first mammal cloning animal Dolly born in 1997. Cloning is divided into two categories: therapeutic cloning and reproductive cloning. Therapeutic cloning is more related to tissue level cloning to transplant healthy cells and reproductive cloning is individual level cloning. Thus, the term cloning in this essay is used to describe both individual level and tissue level cloning. Public have different views. Some people support it because of its medical value, yet some people argue that it may bring many safety risks and moral problems. Hence, decisions ought to be made to identify the extent of cloning. Therefore, this essay introduces two major benefits of human cloning on disease therapy and analysis two arguments against it on safety and ethical issues.
... of reproductive cloning is that in the future, it may be a solution to infertility, where a baby containing the genes of both parents could be artificially created, which will help the millions around the world who are unable to have children. Another benefit of cloning is that plants and animals can artificially be produced in large quantities directed at human consumption, which may, in the future help world hunger. Nutritionally superior or more “predictable” plants can also be created which will which will benefit us health-wise, and save farm costs. Lastly, the main advantage of cloning is that, through organ transplantation (therapeutic cloning), lives can be saved or prolonged, for those who have defective organs. For these 3 reasons, it’s a no brainer that scientists should continue extensive research and experiments for the better of our society as a whole.
Automatically when people talk about human cloning that tend to be negative. Most reaction is people shouldn't play god or interfere with nature. Of course there are negative consequences that could come from cloning. On the other hand there is so many positive things that could save more lives than it would cost. Yes Cloning involves risky techniques that could result in premature babies and some deaths. That is why public policy needs to be changed on cloning. The medical possibilities are endless if federal money is given to research and develop cloning techniques.
I think that human cloning shouldn’t be controversial because it’s giving people a second chance to either live longer or become parents for the first time. I think it’ll be very useful in the future and besides its not hurting anyone. To some people they might not think it’s a good idea because of the different features it might have but then again its being used for good. Human cloning sounds weird, but I think it’s interesting to know that animals and human can be cloned. I would like to learn more, that’s one reason why I decided to write about this topic. Human cloning as positive things to it even if there are side effects to this issue but it’s not harming anyone its helping the world.
A growing controversy in the world today is cloning. One stance is that cloning and cloning research should be banned altogether. Another position is in support of no restrictions of cloning and that scientists should be able to test on animals if they deem it necessary. Many other views are squeezed into different gray areas on the topic. It would be beneficial to explore the methods, benefits, moral and ethical conflicts involved with human cloning to fully understand the pros of cloning. The methods of human cloning and the research that accompanies them can provide a great deal of benefits. The benefits of human cloning include important medical breakthroughs, reproduction, and morality issues.
...ning and experimenting. The benefits and problems of cloning tend to make a cycle. For example, if scientists continue to genetically clone species that help in the medicinal field, then this would cause people to live unnaturally long. The issue of extreme overcrowding would arise, and scientists would have to clone or grow more crops to provide an adequate amount of food for everyone, thus leading to more possible environmental damage. Cloning has been proven to be useful to society; however there are many risks that come with it. This process needs to be analyzed in more depth in each circumstance, to determine the long term effects, before moving forward with the use of cloning on a global scale. Cloning is a beneficial process to our society; however certain forms of human cloning are unacceptable at this time, due to our inability to predict consequences.
When people think of the word cloning they think of evil scientist in a dark laboratory’s full of dangerous and scary instruments of science for conducting experiments, when actually the word clone means, “a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived (Dictionary.com).” In the past 50 years the science community has made many discoveries such as the cures for different life threatening diseases, different techniques of approaching different types of cancer, and different uses for the practice of cloning. Different people have many opinions about cloning. Some people in the medical field support the practice of cloning, because they believe it can help cure certain diseases by watching how they develop during the cloning process. But some people in the medical field do not support the practice of cloning, because they feel as if it is just a waste of time, and waste of money. Other people do not support the practice of cloning for religious reasons; because they feel as if things are suppose to live once and if a once living organism is artificially reproduced then it is defying the divine grace of God.
It is understood that using forms of genetic manipulations has great potential, if the usage is based on the idea that it will be used to improve agricultural production, medicine technology, and the like. To use cloning as a coping device for those who mourn loved ones, or simply cannot deal with nature's life and death process, however, is simply wrong. It is not only idealistically wrong, but ethically, morally, and even lawfully unjust. If cloning human beings becomes a reality, it will be the process that will slowly deteriorate the diversity of the world, and the ability for people to deal with negative occurrences in their life.
Cloning is defined as the different processes for duplicating biological materials such as tissues and new life forms (“Cloning Fact Sheet” 2009). The cloning of human tissue should be allowed because the fields of medicine benefit from it; however, the full cloning of humans is a mockery of life because it creates a population of people who will not evolve or adapt to changes in the environment. Therefore, the government should financially support the research of therapeutic cloning while condemning the act of reproductive human cloning.
In order to have a legitimate argument for the reasoning why cloning is or is not acceptable it is important first to be understand what exactly the topic is about. The first thing that must be understood is that there are actually different types of cloning that serve different purposes because each type focuses on a specific goal. The first area of cloning is DNA cloning which is the copying of genes to better understand how they work and find cures for genetic malfunctions. DNA cloning is, perhaps, the oldest of the three types of cloning with it being around since the 1970’s (Cloning Fact Sheet, 2009). This form of cloning is the most widely accepted form since it does not cross into the realm of human cloning which is one of the largest debates that exists. One of the things that DNA cloning can accomplish is curing genetic malfunctions, by placing a cloned copy of the correct gene into the body via a virus that will replicate in the body and there for take the place of the faulty genes. H...
Cloning is on many scientists’ minds now a day. Many TV shows, and past movies have had some sort of cloning shown, or at least have had a reference to it. There has been major research done about every single type of cloning, or the health risks that come along with cloning. Some scientists say that, cloning should not be allowed be it takes up a lot of time, and most of the time requires luck (NBC News, 2014). Despite the negativity cloning gets from scientists and people, my opinion is that cloning should be allowed and eventually in the long run will help the human race. Cloning is not currently allowed, but should be allowed for medical research, population growth of the intelligent, and to be available for new scientific discovery.
Last of all, Cloning is not ethical, many religious groups look down upon cloning and think it’s not proper because they think it’s like playing God. Many scientists were mainly thinking about cloning animals and, most likely, humans in the future to harvest their organs and then kill them. “Who would actually like to be harvested and killed for their organs?” “Human cloning exploits human beings for our own self-gratification (Dodson, 2003).” A person paying enough money could get a corrupt scientist to clone anybody they wanted, like movie stars, music stars, athletes, etc (Andrea Castro 2005),” whether it be our desire for new medical treatments or our desire to have children on our own genetic terms (Dodson, 2003).
All things considered, cloning has many application that can improve our lifestyles for the better. Animal cloning is becoming more prominent in not only the science field but also medical. There are some disadvantages, but as time goes on more advancements will be made to improve it. It is easy to confuse science fiction with science, when in reality cloning has long time reliability.
Will the use of therapeutic cloning aid humanity in the years to come? It is a hotly debated topic, the center of its controversy concerning morals. Some of its critics believe cloning to be ethically unacceptable; others believe it is defective and its failures outweigh its successes (Brown, 2009, p. 75). There are, however, many possible uses for therapeutic cloning. By using various methods of therapeutic cloning, doctors can make great medical achievements and save lives. Scientists can harvest stem cells through therapeutic cloning to cure diseases and even replace tissues and organs. The use and practice of therapeutic cloning can benefit society.