Cloning is to produce a copy of or imitate. There are three different types of cloning; Therapeutic Cloning, Reproductive Cloning, and Recombinant DNA Technology or DNA Cloning. Therapeutic Cloning also known as embryo cloning is the producing of human embroyos for use in research. By harvesting stem cells that can later be used to study the development so that they are able to treat diseases. Reproductive Cloning is used to make an animal that has the same nuclear DNA as another animal either an animal in the past or one in the present. Recombinant DNA Technology or DNA Cloning is transfering DNA fragments from one organism to a self replicating genetic element.
Reproductive cloning is expensive and highly inefficient. Cloned animals have compromised immune functions. Higher rates of infection and other disorders have resulted with cloned animals. Clones have been known to die mysteriously and haven't been known to have long lifes. Of the mammals that have been cloned 30% of them were born with large offspring syndrome.
Cloning humans was said to be highly unethical and potentially dangerous by scientists and physicans. Cloned embryos are very likely to be born with birth defects. With animals it is different from humans because we dont have to worry about their mental develpment. Unlike humans where we thrive on mental develpment to function in todays society.
Many people have their own opinions on this issue. Some people might think that cloning will benefit us in the future while others believe it is unethical. Because there is such strong opinions, some for cloning and some against cloning, I dont believe that we will ever fully resolve the issue of weather we should clone humans.
Reproductive cloning is expensive and highly inefficient. Cloned animals have compromised immune functions. Higher rates of infection and other disorders have resulted with cloned animals. Clones have been known to die mysteriously and haven't been known to have long lifes. Of the mammals that have been cloned 30% of them were born with large offspring syndrome.
Cloning humans was said to be highly unethical and potentially dangerous by scientists and physicans. Cloned embryos are very likely to be born with birth defects. With animals it is different from humans because we dont have to worry about their mental develpment. Unlike humans where we thrive on mental develpment to function in todays society.
Many people have their own opinions on this issue. Some people might think that cloning will benefit us in the future while others believe it is unethical. Because there is such strong opinions, some for cloning and some against cloning, I dont believe that we will ever fully resolve the issue of weather we should clone humans.
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