Cloning
...and cancer and AIDS would be a thing of the past? The only thing you need to do is have a sample of your DNA taken to be analyzed and cloned. Now what do you think? Still want to be immortal and disease free? Cloning has been a serious issue not only to scientists but to political officials across the globe. If human cloning ever becomes successful anywhere there can be serious repercussions.
Since Scottish scientists reported the successful cloning of a sheep named Dolly in 1996, new research in cloning has grown as rapidly as the ethical controversy surrounding the procedure. In May of 1998, scientists at a Massachusetts cell research firm announced the production of genetically identical calves using a new cloning technology that could make it possible to create "designer" cattle (www.ornl.gov). In addition, that June, the news about the successful cloning of a mouse swept through the scientific community. Although it was reported that the majority of the mice had shown signs of vision loss and an early age of death (www.ornl.org).
The apparent success of animal cloning has fueled the emotionally-charged debate over the prospect of cloning human beings, which was set when Chicago physicist Richard Seed announced plans to clone a human by the year 2000 (www.humancloning.org). Attempts of any kind to clone human beings must be stopped and outlawed in the entire world because of the disastrous things that human cloning is sure to cause. It is no coincidence that this fledgling science has generated a lot of negative media attention. Almost every single religion is avidly against it because it is not very hard to realize that it is both immoral and unethical. As soon as President Clinton was made aware about Seed's proclamation he immediately renewed his push for federal legislation to outlaw both public and private attempts at human cloning. He did this...
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