PERIOD+3+CLONING

__**CLONING - REPLICATE (A FRAGMENT OF DNA PLACED IN AN ORGANISM) SO THAT THERE IS ENOUGH TO ANALYZE OR USE IN PROTEIN PRODUCTION **__

__** FIRST ANIMAL TO BE CLONED SUCCESSFULLY **__
 * Dolly was the first animal to be cloned successfully by scientists
 * She was a sheep

For More Information Visit this Site: http://io9.com/5924113/the-first-cloned-animals-were-cloned-over-a-century-ago Here is a link to a video about Dolly the sheep, and the controversial topic of cloning: http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000002496111/dolly-the-sheep.html

__** HOW DO YOU CLONE? **__ The way scientists clone animals is that they remove a mature somatic cell from the animal that they wish to clone, like a skin cell, and then they transfer the DNA of the donor animal's somatic cell into an egg cell, or oocyte, that has its own DNA-containing nucleus.

__** IS CLONING GOOD OR BAD?! **__ There are a lot of good and bad things that can result in cloning along with many different opinions on it.


 * __PROS__: **
 * It can cure genetic diseases
 * It could also revive historic animals for scientific purposes.


 * __CONS__: **
 * The animals/humans that are cloned could die a lot younger.
 * The subjects that are cloned are prone to more infections which is a big factor in them dying early.
 * Cloned animals usually obtain defects which, if they produce food, can have a problem with the food.

If you want to read more about the pros and cons of cloning you can visit this site: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/katarneycolumn2.htm/


 * For the visual learners, here's a picture to help explain the process of cloning: **

__** Animal Cloning **__ __** Animals that have been cloned before: **__
 * Cat
 * Deer
 * Dog
 * Horse
 * Mule
 * Ox
 * Rabbit
 * Rat
 * Sheep
 * Cattle

__** PODCASTS ABOUT CLONING? **__ These podcasts talk about if cloning is good or bad and what happens if we do turn to cloning as a possibility.

http://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarethics_podcasts/19/ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7555718

__ Blogs __ [] This Blog is about Britain cloning a puppy.

http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/blog/post/Dolly-the-Sheepe28099s-Clones-Deemed-Unpatentable-by-Court.aspx This Blog is about the cloning of Dolly the Sheep.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/04/17/303658757/first-embryonic-stem-cells-cloned-from-a-mans-skin This Blog is about the cloning of stem cells from a man's skin.

__ What are some ethical issues related to cloning? __
 * Cloning could present the potential of creating a human that is genetically identical to another person who exists or has existed once before. This is an ethical issue because it conflicts with human dignity, principles of individual freedom, identity and autonomy. Other people may see cloning as a was to help sterile couples to fulfill their dream of parenthood. Other people see cloning as as a way to avoid passing on their genes that run in the family.
 * There is a cloning called Therapeutic cloning, which is used for treating human suffering from disease or injury. People disagree with this because they believe that the technique to collect the embryonic stem cells is wrong, even though the cells are used to benefit sick or injured people.


 * For more information about the controversy of cloning in the U.S read this newspaper article right here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27839562

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