How Is Human Cloning Be Used Today

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Should Human Cloning Be Used Today Cloning is the artificial reproduction of a genetically identical copy of an organism. A clone is produced when DNA is extracted from the cell of the original organism, or “donor,” and inserted into an egg of the same species. The egg cell has had its nucleus previously removed and therefore it reads and duplicates the DNA of the donor cell. Since the first successful clone of an adult organism, Dolly the sheep, scientists have been experimenting with cloning others, such as mice, pigs, rabbits, goats, and other animals. Theories of the opportunities of human cloning, like, curing cancer, infertility, and many other diseases, started developing. Scientists, seeing the new opportunities presented by this new …show more content…
Because cloning is not yet perfected, researching and practicing it will cause a loss of life. When the first mammalian clone, Dolly the sheep, was created, it took about 277 failed trials for just one success (Doerflinger). Those who survive birth often have serious health issues. Dolly, for example, only lived half the normal lifespan and developed premature arthritis. Many clones can also develop diseases such as “large offspring syndrome” (Doerflinger). Large offspring syndrome begins to occur when the clone is developing in the womb; it causes the fetus to develop larger or have larger organs which lead to serious health issues. Not only is there a chance of abnormalities and diseases, but the cases in which the cloned embryos are stillborn or miscarried are over ninety percent (Doerflinger). Because the rate of success is low, some wonder if putting money and effort into using cloning is worth the …show more content…
Even though many diseases could be possibly cured by using cloning, it would also cause new problems such as the large offspring syndrome. Using cloning to fix older diseases, because it is under-experimented, would cause more issues. Not only could experimenting cause harm and loss of life to the clones, but the mothers are also at risk. If mothers were using cloning to cure infertility, they would not only have to worry about the child surviving till birth, having a shorter lifespan or other abnormalities, they would also have to worry about their own

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