to clone or not to clone

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Cloning in biology - a method of obtaining a number of identical organisms by asexual (including vegetative) reproduction.

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« Klon » in Greek - twig, sprout, stalk

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Science-fiction novels and movies give people the impression that human clones would be mindless zombies, monsters like Frankenstein. And all this - is nonsense .

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The challenges facing cloning : Cloning of organs and tissues Ability for childless people to have children Help people with serious genetic diseases Cloning of human genes, therapeutic proteins for the treatment of farm animals

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1.It’s in human nature always to be afraid of the new and unknown, but cloning can appear naturally when identical twins with the same genotype are born. It is easy to prove the possibility of transplantation of organs and tissues between them; 2. Church protests can be rejected by a simple example, that appendicitis was created by God too, but even the Pope can’t get rid of it without medical assistance. Scientists talk about fixing of the genetic defects that have arisen because of God's negligence. Thus, the emotional objections to human cloning have no rational basis and advocate this theory. 3. One more argument in favour of cloning is the emergency, the possibility of cloning organs for transplantation, that will decrease the number of dying from cancer, from serious accidents. 4. Besides, the development of cloning will help childless people to have children (in Russia every seventh couple is barren) 5. Cloning will help people suffering from serious genetic diseases. The scientists can replace improper genes in embryo.

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If the tissue sample is frozen properly, a person can be cloned in a long time after his death. In the future, scientists will be able to create clones from samples of hair, bones, teeth of outstanding people of the past. Cloning of great people and the dead

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Outstanding people are valuable in many ways, both cultural and financial. Their clones would be well-known actors, writers, eminent intellectuals, scientists .

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Cloning (in biology) is the process of naturally appeared or received genetically identical organisms by asexual (including vegetative) reproduction

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Many people oppose cloning any living creature, even an animal. They think it’s not ethical. The most countries’ policy is strongly against the idea

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Cons are mainly of moral and humanistic properties because cloning i s not examined and studied very well and cloning of a human being will be irreversible and will affect the whole future life of the mankind. Who will decide how many people should be cloned, what people they should be?

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The problem of the overpopulation would be obvious, if cloning were allowed.

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There may be negative social consequences. Genetic constitution of humanity will become the subject of market trading. One of the possible consequences, is that because of the expensive cost of the technology, only the rich will be able to get additional benefits for their children, leading to the genetic improvement of the ruling elite.

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The society has not been ready yet for the appearance of genetically modified people - and there will always hate and enmity between the old line, natural people - and new, artificial people.

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Some aggressive leaders may get the opportunity to create cloned soldiers with genetic modification. No brains, no pains they say.

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The future of cloning is unpredictable. The technology (at least for now) is not developed enough, and even scientists supporting “cloning” say that it is impossible to predict what properties of the "grown" people will appear in the nearest future and in a hundred years.

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There will be difficulties with law, identification of such people. Nobody knows what to do with these new people. Do they legally (at least) differ from us? Do we need to give them a passport? Can we use "grown" babies for medical experiments - because no mother will accept them as her own child? Who would bring them up? How to teach them –just imagine what twenty "normal" seven -year old classmates would do with one "artificial"? So the decision is to create reservations? Whatever it would be it will be the division of humankind on this basis. And so on - a lot of problems which mankind is not ready to solve...

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Opponents of human cloning reveal the main arguments - clones will have a short life span and dangerous diseases, such as cancer . ,