Ccloning
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While humanity finds more inhumane and destructive ways of annihilating itself, conversely it also seeks out ways to escape that annihilation through some sort of continued thread of immortality. One can only imagine the furthered accomplishments of Einstein on his study of physical relativity if he had been graced with 25-50 more years. What would be the artwork left behind by Picasso or the new film visions of Stanley Kubrick, had they been able to submit to a few more earthly years of existence? While some ancient civilizations constructed monoliths and statuary dedicated to the relevance of their civilizationÆs immortality, and some ancient rulers dedicated their rule to the building of great structures to imprint their immortality upon the face of the earth, the human desire to live beyond our mere mortality has driven us to great lengths on the plane of scientific discovery. While some have searched outer space, others have searched inner space. While some have studied THE universe, others have dedicated their lives to the molecular sphere and the duplication of man. We call this study genetics and the dream of every geneticist is to eventually duplicate a programmable human being. ôOnce we can clone exact replicas of ourselves, the next step will be to transfer our memory and personality into our newly cloned brains, which will allow us to truly live forever. Since we will be able to remember all our past, we will be able to accumulate knowledge ad infinitum.
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that the advances of genetics may require societies to mandate testing for genetic defects, especially if they are correctable through genetic engineering. We must take into account that the human gene is a static scientific organism. The human brain, on the other hand, is dynamic and can wire itself uniquely. Even identical twins growing up under the same set of circumstances prove themselves to be unique individuals.
Most cloning rhetoric is made to appeal to our compassionate human side. Why should a childless couple, eliminated from parenthood by other means not be given the chance to have a genetic child through the use of reproductive cloning technology? And who would want to live with a genetic disorder such as Cystic Fibrosis or Spina Bifida when through gene manipulation they are curable.
J.P. Morgan, Neogent, Inc had this to say in a public forum about cloning:
öIt [human cloning] should be allowed, but there should be stringent guidelines. There are a lot of ethical and moral issues that need to be addressed. I guess what we have to do is to determine what constitutes and individual. If someone is cloned for organs, for instance, is that life? Does it [the organ clone] have the same rights as an individual,
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Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page)
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