Cloning

             For humans to consider the cloning of one another forces them all to question the very concepts of right and wrong that make them all human. Aside from a few valid ethical arguments against it, I support the move to clone humans.. Scientists and ethicists alike have debated the implications of human and non-human cloning extensively since 1997 when scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland produced Dolly. From that point on, scientists have made plans to use cloning as an effort to come up with new treatments to diseases and other experiments.
             Splitting an embryo mat seem a great technological leap, but in a world where embryos are already created in test tubes, it's a baby step. The current challenge in reproductive medicine is not to produce more embryos but to identify healthy ones and get them to grow in the womb. Using genetic tests, doctors can now screen embryonic cells for hereditary diseases. In the not to distant future, prenatal tests may also help predict such common problems as obesity, depression and heart disease. But don't expect scientists to start building new traits into babies anytime soon. The technological obstacles are formidable, and so are the cultural ones.
             In cloning there would be a large number of identical genes, which minimizes the chances of mutation, and, in turn, evolution – the fundamental reason how living things naturally adapt to the ever-changing environment. Life processes failing to do so might result in untimely extinction. Furthermore, cloning would eliminate the uniqueness that each one of us posses.
             Copies of humans are identical, but are the people the same? Probably not. For a century scientists have been trying to figure out which factors play the most important role in the development of a human personality. Is it nature or nurture, heredity or environment? Thus, leading to creation of genetically engineered groups of people for specific purposes and, chances are, tha...

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