Organ cloning could help people who need organ transplants by providing a genetic match without rejection risks. However, cloning technology is still inefficient and unsafe - most cloning attempts fail and clones often develop health problems. While organ cloning could reduce the need for donors, more research is needed to address the low success rates and health risks before considering cloning human organs.
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To Clone or not to Clone The Ethical Question Joseph Farnsw.docxturveycharlyn
To Clone or not to Clone: The Ethical Question
Joseph Farnsworth
A couple that had been married for only two years was in a terrible car accident. The
wife walked away with a few cuts and bruises. The husband, however was unconscious
when the paramedics arrived. He went into a coma shortly after arriving at the nearby
hospital. He came out of the coma but was never to be the same again. It turns out that
when he was in the accident he had severe head trauma, and would be a vegetable the rest
of his life. He could not take part in the reproduction of children. The wife is now
distraught because they will never have children together. She heard about the possibility
of cloning and believes that it is the only way that she will ever have children. Is it so?
Introduction
The ethics of human cloning has become a great issue in the past few years. The
advocates for both sides of the issue have many reasons to clone or not to clone. This is
an attempt to explore the pros and cons of human cloning and to provide enough
information of both sides of the arguments in order for the reader to make their own
informed decision on whether human cloning is ethical or not. Cloning will first be
defined. Then a brief explanation of why questions concerning cloning humans have
arisen will be presented. Some things cannot be known for sure unless it is tested, i.e.,
human cloning is allowed. Followed by that, a discussion of the facts and opinions that
support cloning will be presented and then the same against cloning. Please remember
that not all of this has proven true nor is able to be proven yet, but has simply been
argued as a scientific hypothesis. Finally, my own personal opinion will be stated.
Defining Human Cloning
When speaking of human cloning, what is meant? Different groups and organizations
define it differently. To use a specific definition, the American Medical Association
(AMA) defined cloning as “the production of genetically identical organisms via somatic
cell nuclear transfer. „Somatic cell nuclear transfer‟ refers to the process which the
nucleus of a somatic cell of an existing organism is transferred into an oocyte from which
the nucleus has been removed” (Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs 1). In other
words, cloning is the method of produce a baby that has the same genes as its parent.
You take an egg and remove its nucleus, which contains the DNA/genes. Then you take
the DNA from an adult cell and insert it into the egg, either by fusing the adult cell with
the enucleated egg, or by a sophisticated nuclear transfer. You then stimulate the
reconstructed egg electrically or chemically and try to make it start to divide and become
an embryo. You then use the same process to implant the egg into a surrogate mother
that you would use with artificial insemination. (Eibert)
However, many groups have used a broader definition of cloni ...
I have uploaded the complete document, with all the pages including the cover page, the acknowledgement, certificate and contents along with the Project content. Just download it and modify it and your project is ready, if that is all you have wanted. Otherwise use it as a reference for your project. "!!! IF YOU FIND IT WORTHY AT ALL, THEN GIVE ME A LIKE !!!" - It will motivate me to upload more such documents. -THANK YOU
To Clone or not to Clone The Ethical Question Joseph Farnsw.docxturveycharlyn
To Clone or not to Clone: The Ethical Question
Joseph Farnsworth
A couple that had been married for only two years was in a terrible car accident. The
wife walked away with a few cuts and bruises. The husband, however was unconscious
when the paramedics arrived. He went into a coma shortly after arriving at the nearby
hospital. He came out of the coma but was never to be the same again. It turns out that
when he was in the accident he had severe head trauma, and would be a vegetable the rest
of his life. He could not take part in the reproduction of children. The wife is now
distraught because they will never have children together. She heard about the possibility
of cloning and believes that it is the only way that she will ever have children. Is it so?
Introduction
The ethics of human cloning has become a great issue in the past few years. The
advocates for both sides of the issue have many reasons to clone or not to clone. This is
an attempt to explore the pros and cons of human cloning and to provide enough
information of both sides of the arguments in order for the reader to make their own
informed decision on whether human cloning is ethical or not. Cloning will first be
defined. Then a brief explanation of why questions concerning cloning humans have
arisen will be presented. Some things cannot be known for sure unless it is tested, i.e.,
human cloning is allowed. Followed by that, a discussion of the facts and opinions that
support cloning will be presented and then the same against cloning. Please remember
that not all of this has proven true nor is able to be proven yet, but has simply been
argued as a scientific hypothesis. Finally, my own personal opinion will be stated.
Defining Human Cloning
When speaking of human cloning, what is meant? Different groups and organizations
define it differently. To use a specific definition, the American Medical Association
(AMA) defined cloning as “the production of genetically identical organisms via somatic
cell nuclear transfer. „Somatic cell nuclear transfer‟ refers to the process which the
nucleus of a somatic cell of an existing organism is transferred into an oocyte from which
the nucleus has been removed” (Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs 1). In other
words, cloning is the method of produce a baby that has the same genes as its parent.
You take an egg and remove its nucleus, which contains the DNA/genes. Then you take
the DNA from an adult cell and insert it into the egg, either by fusing the adult cell with
the enucleated egg, or by a sophisticated nuclear transfer. You then stimulate the
reconstructed egg electrically or chemically and try to make it start to divide and become
an embryo. You then use the same process to implant the egg into a surrogate mother
that you would use with artificial insemination. (Eibert)
However, many groups have used a broader definition of cloni ...
Lukas P, Organ Cloning, period 3, 11 slides (first slide blank) - Please disregard my previous upload. I uploaded wrong version. The correct version is called Organ Cloning Project Revised.
2. Basic Principals of Genetics If there is a dominant allele, and a recessive allele, the dominant trait will always appear. But if the cell is co-dominant, both traits show up. The process which shows us what traits the offspring will have is called a punnett square.
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5. Genetic Disorders Some of the most common genetic disorders are… Hispanic, Southern European, Middle Eastern, Indian, Sephardi Jewish Beta-Thalassemia All ethn All ethnic groups Cystic Fibrosis Fragile X Syndrome Spinal Muscular Atrophy African American Sickle Cell Anemia Beta-Thalassemia Asian Alpha-Thalassemia Beta-Thalassemia
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7. Why am I for Organ Cloning? I am for Organ Cloning because it gives people who have lost a organ, like a kidney, or a liver, a chance to live. Say someone has a kidney failure, then they would need a kidney. But how would someone get that kidney? There are a few options. You could get a kidney from a dead person (has to be immediately after death), or you could get a kidney from a person or a animal that has been cloned, unless someone donates one of their own. A person can survive on one kidney, but not for very long.
8. What Can Organ Cloning Do? Organ cloning does not strive to make whole humans. Instead, it makes embryos as a source of embryonic stem cells for therapeutic purposes. Because embryos can grow into any body cells, they might be cultured into nerve cells, skin cells, even hair follicles for the bald. The obvious use of Organ cloning would be treating deadly diseases like diabetes and Parkinson's, where a specific type of cell or organ has died. Most cloned organs are used for organ transplants. You can donate a organ when you die.
9. How Long Does Organ Surgery Take? A bright side of the Organ Surgery is that, it doesn’t hurt at all. The surgery takes less than twelve hours, and you get given a pill, so you are “asleep”. Really, when you take that pill, all it really does is numb your body. So you can’t feel a thing. But you really are “asleep”.
10. What’s Wrong with It? Even though some people think Organ Cloning is good, other people have other ideas. “ On one hand, you have the sector in the organ cloning ethics debate that says human personhood starts at conception. Thus, cloning that results in the creation and the destruction of a pre-embryo is similar to killing a human being itself. The rationale is that when the pre-embryo is planted inside a woman’s uterus, it has a one in four chance of developing into an infant.” – StudioPress
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14. My Conclusion Should Organs be cloned or shouldn’t they? Is it right, or is it wrong? Will it always work, or won’t it? I am FOR organ cloning, because it gives people a chance to live, do things they couldn’t do when they had a injured organ, and to enjoy the rest of their life. Why end it there and then, when they might be able to live? Go for organ cloning! Go, Go, GO!!
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