Ethical essay on Human Cloning

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Chetana Patel                                           Student no: 9804625

Ethical essay on Human Cloning

Introduction

Cloning is more offspring that produce identical cells.  Cloning is some by using genetic material from a single cell and this does not involve sex.

  The first success in cloning an adult mammal was achieved by a scientist called Ian Wilmut.

  It involves taking an egg from the woman and taking sperm from the man.  Then will need to implant the egg into the woman.

  They’re a lot of research happening about human cloning because there is always a high demand for organs.  But scientists says that it will take some time before human cloning will take place because they need to know how safe it will be.

‘’ The first application to carry out cloning of human embryos is about to be submitted by scientists.’’ (The daily telegraph 2001)

A Professor called Peter Andrews of Sheffield University said in The Daily Telegraph, 24 January 2001 that he and his colleagues would soon submit an application to use spare IVF embryos and hoped to clone early human embryos.

  The Professor says that the licence to conduct such work could be issued in as little as nine months.

  The embryos would be used for research on stem cell, the parent of all cell types, which will help to repair some damage caused by Parkinson’s disease, stroke, heart disease and also diabetes.

Arguments for Human Cloning: -

For the people who agree with human cloning, it is miracle where many couples have difficulties having children, and sometimes it is impossible for couples because they are infertile.  So cloning will allow these couples to have children.

It will increase the number of embryos transferred and avoid subsequent egg retrieval during in vitro-fertilization (IVF) procedures.

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‘’Smith is licensed to experiment on human stem cells in Britain because his objective is to improve infertility treatment - one of five categories of research for which human embryos up to 14 days old can legally be used. He finds it frustrating that the cells he extracts for infertility experiments can't be used to develop tissues for transplant’’(New Scientist 2000)

It may provide a way for homosexual couples to reproduce themselves.

It will also provide valuable basic research and possible revolve of technologies related to reproduction and development.

Equally important, for a woman who is ...

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