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Cloning

" Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger of turning procreation into manufacture." - Leon Kass

Cloning Current Events:
[|Scientist Successfully Clones Himself, Creates ‘Mature’ Embryos]A California scientist in 2009 reported this week that he had successfully created "mature" embryos from his own skin cells. The reason for the hype around this article is because this is the first time cloned embryos have reached far enough in development that they could be inserted into a female's uterus.

[|Scientists Use Monkey Clones to Extract Stem Cells] Scientists in Oregon in 2007 claimed to have cloned monkeys to reproduce their embryos and remove stem cells. Not only are these monkeys the first organisms to be cloned other than mice, but the scientists also believe this technique could also work on humans in the future.

[|Cloned Meat Soon to Hit European Supermarkets] Here's a different look at cloning where in late 2009 the European Union's agricultural ministers claimed that meat and milk from cloned animals should be allowed to be sold in European supermarkets. The release of this potentially ground-breaking idea has left the citizens of Europe in uproar over where their food is actually coming from.

[|Heroic 9/11 Search And Rescue Dog Cloned] In 2009 "Trakr", a German Sheppard rescue dog who pulled the last remaining survivor from the rubble of Ground Zero, passed away only to be cloned and brought back to life. Are this dog's heroic efforts worthy of animal cloning?

What is Cloning? • The process of making a genetically identical organism • Clones are created through nonsexual means • The two organisms share the same exact DNA

Animal Cloning • Substantial attention toward animal cloning occurred in 1997 • After the cloning of Dolly many scientists have cloned other animals such as cows and mice
 * Birth of first cloned mammal
 * Sheep named Dolly

Cloning in Blogs http://casanova8585.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/cloning/
 * This blogs argues the fact that animal cloning is a good idea because it has the ability to stop world hunger. It also argues that the ability to clone animals/humans would provide an abundant amount of organs needed for transplants, etc.

http://rexjlt.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/disadvantages-of-human-cloning/
 * This blogs talks about the disadvantages about human cloning. The blog says that because cloning is not advanced enough, there are many risks involved, including genetic mutation. It also states that testing on animals is a better idea and scientists should not rush to test on humans if it is not advanced enough.

http://nfobioethics.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/genetics-human-embryo-cloned-stem-cell-research-hopes-2004/
 * "Scientists have been talking excitedly today, about cures for disease like Parkinson's and diabetes, after a breakthrough in human cloning. They insisted that their research would not be used to reproduce humans, but that stem cells would be taken from embryos to help treat a range of illnesses" (Bioethics in News).

http://www.iptv.org/exploremore/ge/what/clone.cfm Presents a brief overview on how Dolly the sheep was cloned.



http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml#organsQ Here's information about organs being cloned. In this web page the potential success of organs being cloned is discussed as well as the first successfully transplanted kidney-like organ into a cow.

Click and Clone

1. Isolate donor cells 2. Remove and discard the nucleus from the egg cell 3. Transfer the somatic cell nucleus into the enucleated egg cell 4. Stimulate cell division 5. Implant the embryo into the surrogate mother 6. Deliver the baby mouse

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/clickandclone/

= **Views On Cloning** = __Pros:__ http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNJ0252-0-393&artno=0000299338&type=ART “Embracing Human Cloning” by Gregg Easterbook, views human cloning as a call from nature to pass on genes and an opportunity to embrace. He believes that cloning is parallel to the idea of in vitro fertilization; a chance for a life to be created.

__Cons-__ http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNJ0252-0-393&artno=0000206306&type=ART “Human Cloning and the Quest for Immortality” by Leon Kass explores the ethics of cloning, and coincidentally reefers to //Brave New World//. Kass believes that human life is precious, and should be valued.

"But the Brave New World also aspires to some kind of synthetic happiness--happiness understood as the absence of unhappiness aided by virtual amusements and pharmacological substitutions that provide a mood of ecstasy. In the Brave New World they conquer disease and poverty. They prevent war. There is no grief or shame. But what you get in their place are people of human shape but of shrunken humanity--no friendship, no love, no art, no self-governance, no science. Looking at our lives today, it seems we are on the way to such a world. This is the result of taking the humanitarian project to its logical conclusion--to conquer nature for the relief of the human condition. There is nothing countervailing that quest." **//(Global Viewpoint)//**


 * Human cloning could lead to a society where we "improve the human species" and is morally unacceptable.

Human cloning has many medical benefits, and outweighs the risks.**

=**//You decide...//**=

FAQ Of Cloning http://www.npr.org/news/specials/cloning/faq_blanknav.html An in depth, yet simple, guide for everything you need to know about cloning. Examples include reasoning behind the forms, creation, difficulty, and controversy of cloning.

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**Audio** NPR Radio: http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=7555718&m=7555751 The following is a segment by Joe Palca from NPR, discussing the new frontier in science of cloning. The frontier began with animals, however he explains how scientists are seriously looking into cloning human embryos. The clip includes brief interviews from different technicians, the public policy on cloning, and more.

[|New York Times]-

 * 1) ====== [|In California, a Scrub Oak Is an Old Pro at Cloning] ======
 * 2) ====== [|After Setbacks, Small Successes for Gene Therapy] ======

[|Scientific American]

 * 1) ====== [|Test-Tube Babies May Face Greater Health Risks Than Naturally Conceived Children] ======
 * 2) ====== [|Bacteria Transformed into Biofuel Refineries] ======

[|Science Daily]

 * 1) ====== [|DNA Molecules in Moss Open Door to New Biotechnology] ======

Discussion Questions:

 * Given all the positive effects that come from the experimentation of cloning, do the moral and ethical risks outweigh the rewards?


 * What effect will cloning have on society in the future?


 * Do you feel like we should clone for only medical purposes, or also recreational?


 * Do you believe that cloning will become an everyday part of society, just as vitro fertilization and gene manipulation has?


 * Many scientists are driven to investigate new things in hopes of becoming the first to discover something and to obtain all of that fame and recognition that comes with a scientific discovery. With that being said, do you believe that science has become less a noble search for the truth and more a money-driven process?


 * Do you think cloning is an opportunity to embrace? Or that it is nature's calling to pass on genes, and a chance for a life to be created?


 * Is our society on it's way to a lifestyle of human cloning such as //Brave New World////?//