Whats your point of view of cloning in modern day science ??
405147
Too many of these so called mad scientists try to really play god.
689574
Pros: \n\n1. Advancing the cause and understanding of cloning science.\n2. Creating new resources.\n3. Restoring a lost species to the world.\n4. The opportunity to learn about a lost species first-hand.\n5. Fame.\n\nCons:\n\n1. The potential to wreak havoc with an ecosystem that has adapted to the absence of the creature.\n2. The potential for the introduction of a new virus or germ.\n3. Bringing another animal into a world where people are wiping them out wholesale.\n4. Religious protest.\n5. Jurassic Park 4.
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The cloning of animals, while promising, has many problems that would need to be adressed before the cloning process would be more effective than simply breeding the animals. A surprisingly low success rate of creating clones, along with the possibility of genetic defects being passed on and the expensive equipment required to perform these processes are large deterrents to cloning in today's world.\n   \n   The famous sheep, Dolly, was one out of numerous attempts to clone a single sheep.  Creating multiple clones would require either an enormous amount of equipment or an improvement on current methods to prevent only a small population of clones successfully being created.  In addition, any flaws in methods used could result in genetic defects.\n\n   Any unseen genetic defects in an animal to be cloned could ruin a large number (if not all) attempts to clone the animal.  Any animal to be cloned could possibly need extensive testing before the cloning process begins; again, slowing down the idea of mass-producing foods or medicines without the use of more equipment to attempt to create more clones.\n\n   Cloning equipment, in order to do its duty, needs to be precise.  Such equipment will not come cheaply.  While in the future, prices of this equipment may drop due to the aging of the technology or the possibility of mass production in the future, it is still expensive, as no kinds of grants or rebates by any government organization exist(as far as I know).\n   \n   If cloning equipment and techniques were improved upon, the cloning of animals would be very helpful to society.  As these techniques are now, however, it is not much more beneficial to clone animals as it is to simply breed them; a much more cost-effective solution for the present.
835382
Cloning is the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another. This means that every single bit of DNA is the same between the two.
390860
Unethical. This is just the start to trying to develop "perfect" human beings free from defects. What makes us human is all of our imperfections. Cloners are saying people with handicaps and some that are born with defects are no good.
290673
I think it is funny.... when the religious cult in France claimed they had cloned a baby, no body would take them seriously.  When a scientist claims cloning success, everyone is shocked when he turns out to be a fraud. Until someone turns up with proof, we shouldn't just assume they are telling us the truth.  People gave this guy credence simply because he had the title of scientist.  We are gullible.
256905
Actually the answer for cloning is also no. If we were to clone a human the baby would not grow in a lab. The embryo would still be implanted in to a women just like baby's being born via in vitro fertilization.
151012
i believe a clone would be a person in all aspects that you and i are a person.  they hold the same genetic code, function with the same life processes, etc etc. therefore, in my opinion, an embryonic clone should be treated as an embryonic original. it doesn't matter how they were created, they were still created.
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Cloning?\n\nScientists believe that we can cure many diseases and solve the transplant shortage by growing extra body parts or organs.\n\nHowever, there are serious moral and ethical reasons why human cloning is looked upon as negative.  Cloning is not a perfect technique and may result in many short lived, malformed babies before it becomes standardized.  Secondly, creating genetic twins still means someone has to (currently) give birth to the baby.
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I think a great deal more needs to be done in animal cloning before humans get involved. Besides the ethical issues, there are real physiological difficulties that seem to erupt in cloned organisms. It seems that having two sets of genetic material really is important.
902333
It is entirely possible, however we are more than just the product of our genetic code, the clone would be a completely different individual. But although it possible, it is illegal to experiment with cloning of human beings. However, it is a matter of time before someone breaks that law if they have not done so already. Then again maybe they have done it in a country like China that in most instances would ignore international law.
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The problem I have is with the cloning process.  Most clones fail or are deformed.  We cannot subject the clones to half-as_ed technology which might cause them to suffer.\n\nBut other than that, I don't see a problem with clones.
656095
For cloning organs/tissue but against cloning human beings
595413
You should use your own opinion. My personal opinion on the matter though is that cloning does not necessarily mean actually producing another one of yourself. Therapeutic cloning is the act of making a cloned embryo and extracting its stem cells before they even differentiate. The use of these stem cells in research is very valuable and has the potential to save millions of lives around the world (for reasons I opt not to get into).\n\nThus, I believe therapeutic cloning should be legal. The reproductive cloning of humans however, should remain illegal. Basically, the creation of formed embryos should be allowed, but it should be illegal to implant them so that can develop into human beings.\n\nThat's my personal point of view though. This is a highly controversial subject and you really need to research it and form an opinion of your own.
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Cloning is the process of creating an identical copy of an original. A clone in the biological sense, therefore, is a single cell (like bacteria, lymphocytes etc.) or multi-cellular organism that is genetically identical to another living organism. Sometimes this can refer to "natural" clones made either when an organism reproduces asexually or when two genetically identical individuals are produced by accident (as with identical twins), but in common parlance the clone is an identical copy by some conscious design.
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I believe in the power of science. It can only help us through so much in so little time. But now that the microchip (that is inserted below the skin of a human being) has been invented, which can help us with our daily activities such as flipping through television channels, remembering passwords of different electronic devices or websites, or just pass by the counter with your groceries, the chip inside you will be scanned and the money that you're supposed to pay will already be charged through your bank account (soon). \n\nThere are so many things science can do to help us make our lives easier so yes, I do believe in clones. Although they're not a good alternatives of the biological/original us, we could always await whatever's going to happen in the near future.
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Just what it sounds like: producing lots of genetically identical plants.\n\nUnlike animal cloning plant cloning is a natural proccess that plants used for millions of years before humans evolved. Many plants can reproduce identical copies of themsleves from their roots, or by dropped limbs or from other parts of their bodies.\n\nHumans have used plant cloning for as long as we have been farming. Common cloning techniques include the use of cuttings, runners, grafts, splitting of bulbs and the planting of tubers and bulbs.