they simply change the terminology" (Christian Pp). On November 18, 2004, it was reported that Italy had offered a compromise on human cloning allowing common ground among United Nation member states that are:sharply divided over competing treaties to ban the practice" (Wadhams Pp)
The Belgian supporters are seeking language that would ban cloning to create human beings, "a crucial difference because many opponents of cloning believe embryos are human life, but not human beings" (Wadhams Pp). Although there is no scientific reason to link reproductive and therapeutic cloning, they would each involve essentially the same initial technology to produce early human embryos, only the aims would be different (May Pp)
In 2001 Britain introduced primary legislation against reproductive cloning, an action taken after it had extended the existing rules governing licenses research on early human embryos to include therapeutic cloning (May Pp), To date the United States does not have primary legislation against wither reproductive or therapeutic cloning, yet by backing the Belgian proposal, it would retain the freedom to ban both and help ensure a worldwide ban on reproductive cloning (May Pp). Many scientists believe that some day it may be possible to build replacement organs from stem-cell lines, thus eliminating the risk of rejection because the new organs would be identical to the host genetically (Butler Pp)
S. cloning advocates are highlighting the boosts that the technology could give to the American research community and to economic development (Munro Pp)
They intend to use the cells of a dead baby for cloning, with the express purpose of bringing it back to life as a newborn. (Bedford-Strohm
He was of the opinion that "cloning could help us overcome the unpredictable variety that still rules human reproduction and would allow us to benefit from perpetuating superior genetic endowments." (Brannigan) This view is an example of the spirit, which informs the almost irresistible urge towards scientific discovery and revealing beneficial possibilities of cloning
somatic cell nuclear transfer technology may have many beneficial applications for biotechnology, livestock production, and new medical applications, including the production of pharmaceutical proteins and prospects for regeneration and repair of human tissues." (Kass and Wilson xv) Both arguments have merit
" We oppose efforts to reduce human life and its various parts and processes to the status of mere research tools, manufactured products, and utilities." (Rifkin) This view tends to epitomize the serious concerns that are felt in many sectors about the future implications of cloning
"This plasmid has all the genes of its parental pMV158 and harbors the gfp gene under the control of the Pm inducible promoter." (Nieto, 2003, p
From religious perspective, human cloning and cloned embryos means interference in God's decision. Secondly, human cloning would allow homosexuals to have their own children, who would have similar genes (Bonnicksen, 2002)
Cloning can allow human beings to alter and modify genes. Parents would have in their hands to select desirable attributes and genes, which they would want in their children (Brannigan, 2001)
This is because scientists have the knowledge and power to clone humans and thus, in the future, they would take the opportunity to clone humans. Human cloning can be constructive as well as destructive (Cole-Turner, 1997)
In the light of ethics and religion, there are different perspectives regarding human cloning. Critics oppose human cloning and assert that the purpose of human cloning is to provide lucrative opportunities for third parties (Kass & Wilson, 1998)
In the future, human cloning would change the face of humanity as human beings would be playing the role of God. In the call for perfect society, individuals with defects would be removed from the face of society (Wilmut & Highfield, 2006)
Cloning Human Cloning The cloning of human beings is both fascinating and highly controversial. It creates a copy of a human that is genetically identical to one that is already in existence (Russel; 27)
When people are born, they are all genetically different from one another, so cloning would produce a very different dynamic between one person and his or her identical clone. The exception to this difference is identical twins, who are basically clones of one another (de Grey & Rae, 44)
On that day, we were introduced to Dolly, a 6-month-old lamb that had been cloned directly from a single cell taken from the breast tissue of an adult donor." (Brannigan, 10) But that was a sheep and as of today, there have been no confirmed occurrences of any human beings having been cloned
The public cheerleading of Varmus and others, without a doubt, helped make stem cells a household word and set a high (and unrealistic) expectation that therapies for a host of debilitating cell-based diseases were just around the corner." (Five Years Later, Stem Cells Still Tantalize) It is important to note that since 1996 the United States government under George W
But she said last week's decision limits research." (Hughes) This type of human cloning has the potential to completely change medicine and could ultimately transform the entire spectrum of human life and health
Making ninety six human beings grow where only one grew before." (Huxley, 3) In 'Brave New World', cloning represented the general mood of the citizens to wipe out a bitter past and seek a more utopian society after the devastating effects of World War I