The issue of cloning has always been around in our everyday lives. Cloning was common
in movies such a as Jurassic Park and The Lost World, where cloning seemed to be an idea of
fantasy and not reality. The idea that scientist could just take a little DNA from a dead mosquito
and turn it into something that could tower over a skyscraper was very intriguing to most people.
On the other hand, there were movies such as Alien Resurrection, in which cloning was necessary
in order to save lives. That was a little more farfetched, but no less enthralling. The idea of even
cloning oneself came up in the movie Multiplicity. The idea seemed common but unaccomplished
yet, for who would not want an extra pair of hands or better yet an extra brain? However, these
movies are just that, movies. It was not until the creation of Dolly, who was acknowledged to be
the first cloned mammal, was cloned that cloning became an actual reality. It was looked upon in
wonder and much skepticism of what would happen next. When Richard Seed, a renowned
scientist, announced that he had decided to clone himself, and that his wife would carry the egg to
term, mass hysteria arose ("Scientist Wants to Clone Himself"). Different countries all over the
world tried to pass laws to ban cloning despite being unsuccessful.
There is more that one method of cloning that exists today. Artificial Twining is one
existing method. This procedure begins when an egg has been fertilized by sperm and starts
dividing. "If it divides into an eight cell embryo and those eight cells are separated, those cells can
be implanted into the uteri of eight separate mothers. Then eight clones will be born of different
mothers ("Ways to Clone Mammals"). The second method of cloning is a bit more complicated
and much more controversial. Nuclear transfer is the method by which the first mammal clone,
Dolly, was created. This proce...