The Advantages and Moral Dilemmas of Human Cloning.

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The Advantages and Moral Dilemmas of Human Cloning

20/1/2004

Cloning, especially human cloning has been the most disputed subject of the last decade. Ever since Dolly the sheep was first cloned in 1996, scientists around the world have asked the question could this be done to a human. The argument is still continuing today in 2004 and only some scientists are daring to research into this subject.

The two most popular views are almost obvious; those who believe cloning should be pursued and encouraged, and those who believe that humans should not seek to clone themselves because they believe that is wrong. Questions such as, "Should we clone humans for the human organs they could provide?" "Should we draw a line as to the limit of human cloning, if so, where?" and others quickly arise in discussions on human cloning. So, although in essence there are only two major viewpoints, the area dividing them is not clear and contains a dense grey area clouded with ethical and moral dilemmas.

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Cloning began by curiosity and built itself into a geneticist's way to replicate various genetic materials such as gene segments and cells. When it was discovered that the cells could be reproduced, it eventually led them to think that just maybe a whole organism could be cloned. They worked up to larger and larger organisms and finally Dolly arrived. She was made through a cloning process that generally takes a fair amount of time. It all starts when the scientists transfer the nuclei from the various types of sheep cells into unfertilised sheep eggs from which the natural nuclei had ...

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