Why do we need cloning?

Cloning them could help scientists research how diseases progress. To develop new medicines for humans, scientists use animals that are as identical as possible. Cloned monkeys could help improve the development of these medicines. Why clone a sheep?

Who uses cloning?

Cloning is a complex process that lets one exactly copy the genetic, or inherited, traits of an animal (the donor). Livestock species that scientists have successfully cloned are cattle, swine, sheep, and goats. Scientists have also cloned mice, rats, rabbits, cats, mules, horses and one dog.

Is human cloning possible?

There currently is no solid scientific evidence that anyone has cloned human embryos. In 1998, scientists in South Korea claimed to have successfully cloned a human embryo, but said the experiment was interrupted very early when the clone was just a group of four cells.

How is human cloning beneficial to humankind?

In the future, therapeutic cloning will bring enhanced possibilities for organ transplantation, nerve cells and tissue healing, and other health benefits. Chimpanzees are the closest relatives of Homo sapiens, our species. There is a precise correspondence bone by bone between the skeletons of a chimpanzee and a human.

Why is cloning wrong?

Human beings should not be cloned for several reasons that are going to be further discussed in this op-ed: cloning is a risky, imperfect procedure, it does not create an exact copy of an individual, and it poses ethical concerns by using human beings as a means to an end, opening up possibilities for abuse and …

What are the ethical issues of human cloning?

Cloning raises many ethical controversies. One of the greatest concerns the production and destruction of a two-to-four-day-old embryo to make a line of embryonic stem cells. Another concern is assuring that women donating eggs for research give proper informed consent.

What are the benefits of cloning?

Animal cloning offers great benefits to consumers, farmers, and endangered species: Cloning allows farmers and ranchers to accelerate the reproduction of their most productive livestock in order to better produce safe and healthy food.

What are the main arguments against cloning?

The predominate theme underlying arguments against human cloning is that the cloned child would undergo some sort of physical, social, mental, or emotional harm. Because of these and other concerns, the United Nations and many countries have banned human cloning.

Which countries have banned human cloning?

Over 30 countries, including France, Germany, and the Russian Federation, have banned human cloning altogether. Fifteen countries, such as Japan, the United Kingdom, and Israel, have banned human reproductive cloning, but permit therapeutic cloning.

How is cloning currently being used?

Researchers can use clones in many ways. An embryo made by cloning can be turned into a stem cell factory. Stem cells are an early form of cells that can grow into many different types of cells and tissues. Scientists can turn them into nerve cells to fix a damaged spinal cord or insulin-making cells to treat diabetes.

What are the cons of human cloning?

Cons of Cloning

• Faster Aging. The whole process includes using older cells to generate a DNA structure for the clones; there are possibilities that the imprinted age could also be adopted in the growing and new sections.
• Cloning Interferes with Nature.
• Bring a Sense of Individuality.
• Division of People.

What are the arguments for and against cloning?

Arguments against reproductive cloning include the belief that human beings are unique and created ‘in the image of God’. Cloning would undermine this and devalue the importance of being human. It is unacceptable that in the process of getting the science right, many embryos and clones would be damaged and killed.

Is animal cloning safe?

FDA has concluded that cattle, swine, and goat clones, and the offspring of any animal clones traditionally consumed as food, are safe for human and animal consumption. Food labels do not have to state that food is from animal clones or their offspring. The main use of clones is to produce breeding stock, not food.

How does cloning humans work?

At its simplest, cloning works by taking a genetic part of an organism and recreating it in another place. Dolly was cloned using a process known as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) which takes a somatic cell, such as a skin cell, and transfers its DNA to an egg cell with its nucleus removed.