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Cloning




 * "I've been opposed to cloning since the very beginning" - Leon Kass **

= What is Cloning? =

- The Basics:
Cloning- It is the making of a organism that is genetically identical as another. Wether it be a arm of a leg they all have the same DNA. There are two ways that cloning can happen in. Unnatural Cloning- This is cloning in labs. This is taking a copy of a cell and adding it into embryos of different cells. Natural Cloning- This is what identical twins are.


 * HOW IS CLONING PERFORMED (ORGANISMS)? **
 * ===== First, cells are taken from the original copy. =====
 * ===== Then they let the cell grow and live in a stable environment. =====
 * ===== Next they add the cells into embryos. =====
 * ===== Then finally they Implant the embryos into the mothers' body and the offspring will be born normally again and successfully. =====


 * EXAMPLES WITH ANIMALS **



**Web Pages**
 * Cloning Basics - Talks about what cloning is, How cloning is done and it talks about how cloning is diffrent from natural ways of birth.
 * Human Cloning - This website talks about the possibility of human cloning. They talk about the success's and failures in animals cloning and how in the past years they made alot of discoveries for cloning. They think that in the coming years that its a possibility that cloning a human would be possible. They go into detail about this and how they need to understand things like abnormalities and things they will need to know to clone.
 * "How Stuff Works" - This site is a "How Stuff Works" on how cloning is actually done. It shows how plants and animals are cloned. This site features a section that shows why cloning is even used today, which is definetely worth a read.

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 * Cloned Mouse -In this Article on Bcc health and news it talks about Japanese scientists and how they cloned a mouse from a single drop of blood. They created a female mouse that lived just as long as a regular natural birth mouse and it could even give birth to young. They used a process called SCNT ( Somatic cell nuclear transplant) which transfers a nucleus
 * Dolly article - This article is about the first cloned sheep called dolly. They talk about how they cloned the first sheep and give information about it.
 * The End of Extinction due to cloning? This link is about how extinction of animals will be going extinct due to cloning because they can make copy of the animals to keep them alive and keep reproducing.
 * Texas A&M Dog Cloning- This NBC news article is about a cloning that was performed at Texas A&M, it was on a golden lab named Missy.
 * [|Cloning "In The News"]- This is a CNN news article on how scientists recently succeeded in cloning human stem cells.
 * [|Human Clones- Through The Wormhole] - This video is a documentary about cloning narrated by the one and only Morgan Freeman.
 * Bill Nye-Cloning- A Bill Nye video that explains cloning in a lot of depth. This video is 24 minutes long, and would be a better video to watch in your own time, but it is very informative and a good watch.
 * Cloning 101 This video explains how cloning works. It is a bit on the boring side and not as active as Bill Nye, but it definitely explains the the topic well, and is right to the point.

Games- Dog Cloning Game A game that allows you to choose and clone a dog to your personal preferences. [|Click and Clone] Here is a link to a game where you learn how cloning happens. In this case, it is a mouse.

Cloning In Movies: Here are a list of movies cloning takes place in:
 * Jurassic Park
 * The Lost World
 * The Boys From Brazil
 * Sleeper
 * Multiplicity
 * A Stolen Life
 * Invasion of the Body Snatchers
 * The Clones of Bruce Lee
 * [|Star Wars]

Cloning in Movies - Link

How Do PV Students Feel About Cloning? Out of the 20 people surveyed, 6 said they were for cloning, while 14 said they were against it. 30% - Support cloning. 70% - Do not support cloning.



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WebSite Link - Pros and Cons







1. High Failure Rate- The cloning survival rate ranges from 0.1 to 3 percent, which is incredibly low. Only about 30 clones are made in every 1000 tries. 2. Later Issues- Many issues loom after the cloning such as LOS, which is known as "large offspring syndrome", this usually leads to issues with blood flow and breathing issues. 3. Abnormal gene expression patterns- The transferred nucleus in a clone doesn't always have the same program as a natural nucleus, meaning that the genes won't be expressed at the right time.

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