Cloning

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nuclear transplantation, is an extension of
research that had been ongoing for over 40 years.
Up until now, scientists thought that adult cells could not be “reprogrammed” to behave
like a fertilized egg and create an embryo, but the evidence obtained by Dolly’s success prove
otherwise. The issues of cloning have been around for a long time, starting with the publication of
Joshua Lederberg’s 1966 article on cloning in the American Naturalist, and the publics interest
has been perked by many sci-fi books, films, and movies including Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel
“Brave New World,” 1973’s “Sleeper,” the 1978 film “The Boys from Brazil,” and most
recently, the movie “Multiplicity” (Mario, Christopher). The ethical, legal, and moral issues
aroused by cloning have been raised by previous projects, and are now simply emerging again,
with its focus on three major points: the shift from sexual reproduction with that of asexual
replication of existing genes; the ability to ...

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there but now is lost. Although the genes do play an important part, its the interaction among a
person’s genetic inheritance, their environment, memories, different life experiences, and the
process of learning that result in the uniqueness of each individual (Mario, Christopher).
People think that by cloning, we are taking the creation of life into our own hands, giving
us all the control over something never before in our power, and in essence “playing God”
(Mario, Christopher). But what they don’t realize is that for hundreds of years, humankind has
been controlling nature with the domestication of plants and animals, which is a violation of the
natural order of things as God ...

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