Cloning
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Biological science has advance more rapidly than any other science in the past few decades. With the birth of a cloned sheep named “Dolly”, what was formerly the stuff of science fiction is now reality. The capability of cloning has sparked ethical, social, religious and public policy debate. Despite these debates which often portray scientists as “playing god”, cloning should be advanced for its potentially enormous medical benefits. Infertile couples, those who suffer from Parkinson’s disease, burn victims, and those in need of organ transplants will all benefit from the biological processes involved in cloning. Xenotransplantation is “the transfer of cells, tissues, or organs from one species of animal into another” (Wilmut, Campbell and Tudge 253). While there is little doubt that cloning is a sophisticated process with as much potential for abuse as good, there are too many valid medical benefits that will accrue from its use to let religious and public concerns alone halt research. We will now investigate some of the promising benefits cloning and its processes will provide to humankind. A conclusion will address other potential benefits that will accrue to humankinds from cloning and its processes, but it will also provide the reason why this process needs strictly regulated. The process of cloning involves nuclear transfer that has enormous potential medical benefit. One of the most promising forms of research ha
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their cures. As Ruse (et al.) explains, “Studying why and how these genes switch on would give important information about both human development and genetic disease” (210). Aside from these kinds of medical uses, human cloning offers a whole new world to infertile couples, couples who lose children to early deaths, and for spouses who have lost a partner but wish to have more of “their” children.
It is this world of potential “human” cloning that causes the most controversy in the cloning debate. Researchers are criticized of “playing god” and naysayers concoct images of fascist governments producing whole societies of clones for their own aims. Indeed, when Dolly’s birth was announced to the world, the public policy makers lined up in droves to place restrictions on human cloning. Dolly was born on February 23, 1997, and four months later after a review of the ethical and legal issues raised by cloning the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) released the following conclusion: “At this time it is morally unacceptable for anyone in the public or private sector, whether in a research or clinical setting, to attempt to create a child using somatic cell nuclear transfer cloning” (Kass and Wilson xvi). The NBAC also
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Approximate Word count = 1489
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)
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