Just in the development of simpler creatures, such as sheep.. or.. frogs or whatever they're testing with, they've produced so many--hundreds of--creatures that have been created with defects. I don't understand the purpose of mass producing animals that live a miserable, retarded existence and don't have a place in the ecosystem through their artificial creation.
How many defected human beings must be created before a successful experiment is conducted? Would it be morally right to end the life of a defected, cloned human? Supposing the clone was able to live a physically healthy life, how emotionally healthy would it be living as a scientific experiment? Not only that, do we REALLY need to clone MORE human beings? The human population has increased EXPONENTIALLY since.. what, the Industrial Revolution. I think we should be finding a way to promote birth control and not how to stick more out-of-the-place, hard-to-care-for human beings on this planet. Or suppose human cloning becomes successful, and it becomes a source for harvesting spare organs, would human FARMING be morally correct?
Honestly, I think cloning is a branch of science that does should not be funded for its development anymore. The natural and very successful process of creating living things through egg and sperm or asexual division seems to be working very well. I don't understand the need to see what would happen if some DNA were injected into somebody else's cell.
And so far in the technology of cloning, there needs to be a surrogate mother to carry the cell in her womb until birth. I don't think there would be many women who would donate their body to the cause.
I haven't done all that much research on cloning because the whole subject grosses me out. I should probably learn more about it to make a more credible argument, but it is a very touch subject, and it brings up plenty of morality issues, such as I have just done.
2007-01-25 18:20:43
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answered by Emilie 3
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Other than scientific curiosity there doesn't seem to be a real reason for human cloning. Clones could be made for "replacement parts" in case of the original person's own body having issues, but the moral and ethical implications of that are massive, and everyone (particularly science fiction writers) knows that it would never work. Cloning animals doesn't make much sense either. Why clone a million dollar cow when you can breed one for free??
2007-01-25 18:08:19
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answered by Anonymous
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Not sure if I am or not. Years ago people had all sorts of fears and moral problems with organ translanation. But now that is commonplace and no one gives it a second thought.
People have all sorts of nightmare scenarios about cloning. Clone armies, selling for spare parts, replacing people etc, etc.
I have a feeling that it is inevitable that it will be done succesfully at some point in the next few decades. Who knows where it will go from there?
2007-01-26 13:44:53
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answered by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1
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Human cloning would be extremely inefficient.
The best way to get a human clone is through the birth of identical twins.
Since the dawning of the "cloning era" of science, there have be multiple attempts to clone animals. Each is either to costly and way to inefficient, or has poor results.
There are a few types of cloning available to modern science.
SCNT (Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer) is one of the most popular. This form of cloning was used to create the sheep "Dolly." The clone created was 100% functioning and normal, but died of a viral infection Feb 14th 2003. Dolly had some strange behaviors but these behaviors are common of many clones made through this process. The best theory on why they behave this way is due to the lose of genetic imprints in sex chromosomes. During this procedure, an egg is obtained from a female subject, the nucleus is removed from the egg, then a somatic cell taken from the nucleus of an adult cell from another subject is implanted into the egg. An artificial Activation (Jolt of electricity) is used on the egg and the Embryo is then transfered to a Sergeant mother.
During normal sexual reproduction, both the mother and fathers sex cells contain genetic imprints, specific to proteins etc... that are necessary for fetal development. During SCNT there is no transfer of these imprints to the embryo and thusly the rate of survival of such embryos is slim, as they must learn for themselves these "imprints".
Since the success rate of such processes is close to or below 1% the idea of using them on a human patient is horrific. The chances (99%) that the created life will most likely die or be deformed as a result to improper genetic coding, is outstanding. Also the process in which to create such embryos is pain full to the mother, and thusly is also dangerous to her health. Cloning humans in these sorts of procedures is inefficient and dangerous and can not be considered as practical.
The only true and safe cloning practice we are aware of, is undergone by mother nature through the birth of identical twins. Genetically identical in every way, these children are born of the same egg and sperm. Mentally the same as all other humans and experiencing lives just the same as any other human being it is safe to assume that clones each possess their own individual "self essence" a soul if you will.
I support cloning, but only if we can find an efficient and responsible way to use it. I do not believe we should be cloning people as it is much to risky, however cloning organs and other such body parts and fluids (blood, hormones etc...) could be very beneficial to the health community and possibly open the doors to many other forms of research.
2007-01-25 18:23:12
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answered by Vantado 4
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first of all, i could opt to show out which you may not even teach soles exist. If I walked as much as somebody and reported, "Excuse me, do you have a sole?" they does no longer be waiting to teach they actually have a sole. in an attempt to declare they do no longer look to be rather much as good as us, the only reason being, because of the fact we've soles and that they do no longer is insane. i believe there are various reward to reproductive cloning, one reason being that at some point we would be waiting to fabricate a genetically changed technology of human beings with immunity to maximum cancers, particularly intense IQ's, greater advantageous height, better potential, solid immune gadget, and est. And to declare that a clone isn't a human is anti-progressionalist bigotry. Which sounds greater beautiful, a guy and a woman screwing one yet another's brains out in some seventy 5$ inn room, or a collection of enormously respected scientists working around the clock to offer a superhuman new child three times greater in wonderful condition, clever, and mentally solid. in reality human cloning is the subsequent step in human evolution.
2016-11-01 08:04:48
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answered by ? 4
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no im not in favour, it is not ethical... besides, future conflicts might occur. for example, the clones would most probably be somewhat have a more advanced biological system than us. this is natural, as we do this to improve ourselves. but as the natural humans look at the clones, they will feel inferior. a war might occur between this two groups... secondly, alot more of the newer generation people will feel that it is unnecessary to have a baby, since their number can be easily replaced by clones. the normal order of our reproduction system might entirely stop! in fact, the naturals might go extinct. the clones would take over...
2007-01-25 18:50:24
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answered by urbanvigilante 3
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No I am not for it. There are many mistakes made along the way. Type in cloning in search
bar and see for yourself before you decide, ok?
2007-01-25 18:07:54
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answered by Samantha 4
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no, i am not in favor of human cloning. we are not here in this world to act as God.
2007-01-25 20:41:26
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answered by mary27 1
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a big fat NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2007-01-29 14:16:21
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answered by s f 1
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