Essay, Research Paper: Cloning

Cloning has been a very controversial topic since it affects moral values of human beings
and other living things alike. In February 1997 scientists in Scotland announced the birth
of the first cloned sheep named Dolly, this heralded the future of cloning possibilities and
scientists began extensive experiments on cloning and have since then cloned both plants
and animals successfully. The next step was to clone actual human beings but before
experiments could have been carried out pressure started build on the scientists because
people started to doubt if cloning was ethical and morally correct. Governments began to
introduce bans and constraints on cloning, as they felt cloning was not correct and
because they represented the people of its country, it had to act on it. Cloning has its cons
but its pros seem to overcome them greatly.
If cloning were allowed to be experimented scientists would come up of a way to
clone body organs which are an exact replica of an individual body organ. This would
prove very to be very beneficial to a person who may have lost a body organ such as a
kidney, scientists could clone that particular organ for the individual, which, in the long
run, would work better than a transplant organ.
Cloning will certainly expand the scope of medicine greatly, thus enhance the
possibilities of conquering diseases such as the Parkinson s disease, cancer and other
diseases that were earlier considered incurable
Cloning could be used to increase the population of endangered species of
animals and thus save them from total extinction. This would help maintain a natural
balance on the earth and have a continuos natural life cycle.
Cloning could certainly benefit couples who are infertile and want to have a child
of their own, thus they could use cloning to produce a baby with their similar
characteristics. In fact they may be able to even choose the characteristics of their child.
Equally important women who are single could have child, using cloning instead of
artificial insemination. Cloning could also provide a copy of a child for a couple whose
child had died.
Another goal of cloning is to produce livestock with ideal characters for the
agricultural industry and to be able to manufacture biological products such as proteins
for humans.