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To Clone Or Not To Clone?
That Is The Question! ... However, nowadays it seems that people are not just interested in medical advances for health reasons but also for their own personal gratification.
To ‘clone’, is to produce an individual asexually from a sexually produced ancestor. ... February 1998, a group of scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland generated an exact clone (Dolly) from a single cell of a sheep’s udder. ... This collective moral anxiety has not taken long to be translated into cold, hard legislation. ... The UK and Germany, where much of the current research into cloning is being carried out, have not ratified the convention. ... With cloning technology widespread, many fear that the rich egomaniacs will be tempted to clone themselves or the famous and infamous. ... In reality there is no such process but this does not however, prevent people from having preconceived ideas as a result of science fiction novels and films. ... Schwarzenager then sets about finding the people that did this to him and also in killing his clone. ... While cloning humans could be possible, there is not a guarantee that those individuals could function artistically, intellectually, or physically. If a clone was formed, would anyone think about the feelings of the clone? The physiological effects of being a clone is similar to that of being adopted. ... That is not the purpose. ...
It was in 1988 that the first ‘designer’ baby was born, though not much was known of this at the time. The question is, are we on the verge of a designer baby boom? ... Some say that humans should not be put in the position to do so.
Approximate Word count = 1345
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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