Therapeutic Cloning:
Therapeutic cloning/embryo cloning, is the production of human embryos for use in research. The goal of this process is not to create cloned human beings, but rather to harvest stem cells that can be used to study human development and to treat disease.
All this information on the different
types of cloning I got from source 5.
Advantages to human cloning:
1. You could clone yourself to help save the life of someone else, “For example, let's say you only have one kidney, and then discover that you are the only exact-match donor for your brother, who will die if he doesn't get a new kidney. You could clone yourself, and then use one of the new kidneys to save your brother's life.”
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2. “Reproductive cloning also could be used to repopulate endangered animals or animals that are difficult to breed.”
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3, “Therapeutic cloning technology may some day be used in humans to produce whole organs from single cells or to produce healthy cells that can replace damaged cells in degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.”
This will be done to generate tissues and organs for transplants, to do this DNA will have to be taken from the person that would need the transplant and inserted into an empty egg cell (that has no nucleus). Once that persons DNA has been inserted into the empty egg cell it will start to divide, then the embryonic stem cells that can be transformed into any type of tissue would be collected. The stem cells would then be used to create an organ or tissue that will be a genetic match to the patient. The cloned organ could then be transplanted into the patient with no risk of tissue rejection. This would then cut down the need for organ donation.
This information was found from source 5.
Disadvantages to human cloning:
1. People may be cloned and grown in cages, “On the other hand, the potential for abuse is enormous. The most frightening idea is "growing" humans in cages, in order to "harvest" their bodies for spare parts. It is not far-fetched to imagine an unscrupulous multi-millionaire cloning himself in this manner -- in case he should ever need a kidney, heart, eye, bone marrow, etc.”
This information was found from source 6.
2. There is no reason for humans to be cloned, “This cloning is insane. Our Earth is already overpopulated, why should anyone wish to make it more so? There is no valid reason humans should be cloned. A better use for cloning would be to save endangered species and such.”
Jessi, Denver, USA
This information was found from source 1.
3. It may go against peoples religious beliefs, “human cloning is out of the Gods permission.”
This information was found from source 7.
4. The risks of human cloning, “cloning is expensive and highly inefficient. More than 90% of cloning attempts fail to produce viable offspring. More than 100 nuclear transfer procedures could be required to produce one viable clone. In addition to low success rates, cloned animals tend to have more compromised immune function and higher rates of infection, tumor growth, and other disorders. Japanese studies have shown that cloned mice live in poor health and die early. About a third of the cloned calves born alive have died young, and many of them were abnormally large. Many cloned animals have not lived long enough to generate good data about how clones age.”
This information was found from source 5.
Some of the information I have researched from websites may not be believable because they are people’s opinions and may be bias.
Conclusion:
In conclusion I believe that human cloning shouldn’t be banned, although I don’t believe that it’s right to clone humans for “spare parts”, I do believe that cloning organs and limbs for people that are ill is right. Like cloning yourself because you need a new kidney, or producing whole body organs using DNA in some respects is an acceptable thing to do, but when it comes to cloning people in cages, using them when they need to be used and killing stem cells for some research I believe has to stop. E.g. Advantages to human cloning points 1 and 3 compared to disadvantages to human cloning points 1 and 4. Science is improving day by day but when dealing with humans, you have to draw the line somewhere.
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