In February 1997, the first genetically cloned sheep named" Dolly" was born. The announcement immediately started the debate of ethical, moral, and scientific implications. (Park 71) There is no doubt that genetic research will be able to offer us invaluable information for the future from human DNA, to mammals, and even agriculture.
             Cloning is not new. Experiments with frogs and toads date back to the1970's. Experiments involving plants and animal embryos have been performed for years, but experiments involving human beings have never been tried or thought possible, until "Dolly." Her birth shocked the scientific community and has caused much discussion about the possibility of human clones. Dr. Lee Silver, a molecular biologist at Princeton University, believes that "human cloning will occur," and that "it might take five years, ten years at the most." Lee notes that at this time, "no ethical doctor would do human cloning." Although this view is prevailing among many scientists, some argue that a safe technology could be developed in the future. This has led to discussion about whether human cloning should even be legally possible. (Wilmut 30)
             Human cloning in theory could be used to obtain cell tissues to treat diseases associated with cell types that do not repair or replace themselves. For example, a leukemia patient's cloned cells could provide fresh bone marrow. A burn victim could have fresh new skin grafts. We could produce organs for transplant patients. Patients would be spared the need to take powerful drugs to suppress the immune system because with cloned cells, there would be no danger of rejection. (Nash 25) Recently, scientists have successfully inserted human brain cells
             into mice. (Lemonick 50) How useful could this research be for Alzheimer's patients, patients with Lou Garrett's disease, or any brain altering disease? (Gibbs 53)
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