TO CLONE OR NOT TO CLONE Imagine how life would become when millions of people start looking alike, acting alike, and thinking alike. There would be no diversity what so ever in today's society. Since February 23rd, 1997, when British scientists announced to the world that they had successfu...

Genetics/Cloning It is often asked whether it is right for human beings to manipulate human genes, as if this were in some sense "playing God" by altering fundamental aspects of human makeup (and also that of plants and animals) which are God's business only, or simply that it is dangerous "tamper...

Today, the topic of cloning generates more argument then it has ever created before. A major factor in the debate over cloning is a fear of new technology. Throughout history man has been slow to adapt to a new technology or a new way of doing things. "We go through all the trouble to adapt to one m...

Cloning is a new science that has much to offer. We can learn how to grow and harvest organs, which would eliminate the waiting list for those in need of a heart, liver or other vital organs. Many are worried that cloning will be used for the wrong purposes such as creating multiple copies of one ...

"To Clone, Or Not To Clone?" Did you ever imagine having a child that is the exact replica of you? Did you ever imagine of having the cure for heart disease or cancer? Well, these fantasies are not far from reach. The way we could reach these fantasies is through a process called cloning...

Mitosis is the process of division that produces two daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and the parent cell. Cancer is an uncontrolled proliferation of cells dividing. Mitosis ensures that every cell in an organism carries the same chromosomes. Mitosis is how our bodie...

Neurofibromatosis is a disorder affecting the chromosomes of the human body. It is a hereditary disorder affecting the nervous system. The term neurofibromatosis actually refers to two different genetic diseases. The most common type is NF 1, and the less common type is NF 2. Both disorders ar...

Cell reproduction is the leading cause of growth and developement in our bodies. This reproduction is caused by the cell cycle, which is defined as the life of a cell from its origin in the division of its parent cell until its own division into two. Genetic continuity, cytokinesis regula...