Revolutions in science tend to be accompanied by new moral and ethical dilemmas. Cloning has been around for a while now, but as technology progresses it's growing easier to make use of the technique. Imagine that it's being made available for everyday use, and some people want to start cloning themselves. What do you think should be done? Why?
Many Governments say No to cloning --but how do you feel? What about just animals?
2007-12-09 02:05:03 · 10 answers · asked by *** The Earth has Hadenough*** 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No. Simply because it won't work. Remember the sheep "Dolly"? The first cloned sheep? She developed early onset arthritis and other maladies seen in older sheep.
Everyone seems to forget the telomeres. A string at the end of the chromosome involved in cell division. The telomere helps regulate cellular division and tells the cell when to divide. BUT...each time the cell divides a small part of the telomere string is NOT replicated, which makes the telomere shorter. Through continued cell division the telomere finally becomes too short to carry out its function and the cell dies. (Sidebar here: the telomeres on cancerous cells never get any shorter.)
So...when "Dolly" was cloned from a full grown sheep her cellular age was that of the mother sheep from which the original cells were taken. In other words, if the mother sheep was four years old then "Dolly" was four years old the day she was born.
The only way human cloning would work is to take cell samples from a new born and preserve them until a later date.
Cloning? I think not. We have only seen a small pinpoint of light in a vast cavern of darkness.
2007-12-09 02:21:41 · answer #1 · answered by Albannach 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ban it and they will find a way to do it.
I don't think most people do want a mini-me walking around, after all it would be a baby, and grow into its own person anyway, children are influenced by parents, schools, friends and experiences. All of which would be different from the clone-parent. Imagine a Neo-conservative forced to deal with a Marxist inclined lookalike.
Scary on both sides.
This isn't anything that will be kitchen table experiments for a long time.
For the ill though, the ability to clone healthy cells could be lifesaving, and that should be explored and allowed, even encouraged.
The moral dilemma, centers on mans ability to create life artificially, thereby according to some taking on Gods traditional role of creator of life.
The ethical dilemma concerns use of what would be another complete human and the responsibility the clone-parent would have to it.
2007-12-09 02:17:51 · answer #2 · answered by justa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Americans need to clone more Bush
2007-12-09 02:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by The One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is unethical and immoral to clone humans. Why would it be okay for people to clone themselves just for spare body parts? That is what I am afraid would happen.
2007-12-09 02:23:15 · answer #4 · answered by nowyouknow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if there were 5 or 6 thousand clones of me the world would be better. but there is already too many of most people .
2007-12-09 02:27:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely. Especially if it's cloning hot chicks.
2007-12-09 02:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by Abe 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do you want a clone of YOU walking around?
I dont.
2007-12-09 02:07:45 · answer #7 · answered by vinny_says_relax 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think it could be a great thing for couples that cannot have children that do not want to adopt. It scould be great for medical reasons. There are many positives to it.
2007-12-09 02:09:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Only for really cute guys - there simply aren't enough of them to go around!
2007-12-09 02:14:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
OMG! Can you imagine another Bush?
2007-12-09 02:08:17 · answer #10 · answered by The Hell With This Constitution 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋