...A clone writes Sharing your DNA with someone does not make you the same person, says Lowri Turner By Lowri Turner, Friday January 10, 2003 The Guardian 5 I am a clone. Even writing that feels odd. I might as well say I am a tomato, or a VW Beetle, or a leather three-piece suite with free footstool from DFS for all the resonance the word "clone" has for me. I don't feel like a clone. I don't think I look like a clone. And yet, strictly speaking, I am one. I am an identical twin. I am an exact genetic copy of someone else, or they are a copy of me, depending on your point of view. As the younger twin - my sister Catrin and I were born by 10 Caesarean, so it was more of a queueing system and I was at the back - I tend to accept that it is I who am the copy and my sister who is the original. But then, when you've spent your childhood being given a dead arm for daring to corral Sindy's pony for exclusive personal use, you tend to acquiesce easily to sibling bullying. When you are part of a multiple birth - I have another non-identical triplet sister to confuse 15 matters further - you are used to being a curiosity. As a child, people stared, teachers got confused and my identical sister and I were asked to be bridesmaids a lot. During the mid-70s, when big old-fashioned cinemas had a habit of converting to three smaller screens, my two sisters and I had a lucrative sideline touring north London posing on a three-wheeled bicycle for local papers. As an adult, twindom...
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...cKaitlyn Erin Bartow Philosophy 243-007 Cloning Essay October 5,2011 Leon Kass, the author of “ Preventing Brave New World”, an article opposing the continuation of cloning, is wrong to conclude that with the use of human cloning, we will fall down a slippery slope leading to the degradation of our human nature, putting ourselves before our children, bettering our children for the wrong reasons, and ultimately demeaning our own moral worth (Kass, 445). Through the scientific advances that we have made throughout the years, we have made the lives of many people longer and more fulfilling. The advances that Kass is arguing against, has given people children, prolonged the lives of many, and given people the opportunity to do things that they may not be able to do anymore. If there are all of these positive outcomes, how can Kass argue what he does? Before I begin, I feel it necessary to clear up a misunderstood word that may be the reason why people view certain aspects of cloning the way that they do. I will give this particular word a complete unbias by using a scientific definition instead of using my own words. The term that a person should know to truly understand the perspectives being compared is the word: Embryo. According to The Encyclopedia Britannica, an embryo is, “the unborn child until the end of the seventh week following conception; from the eighth week the unborn child is called a fetus”(Encyclopedia Britannica; “embryo.”). The embryos that are being...
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...with families and with society at large. Religious groups are divided, with some opposing the technology as usurping God's place and, to the extent embryos are used, destroying a human life; others support therapeutic cloning's potential life-saving benefits. There are different types of artificial cloning and these are gene cloning, reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning. Gene cloning produces copies of genes or segments of DNA. Reproductive cloning produces copies of whole animals. Different scientists have different reasons and goal unto why they want to clone and the reasons often directly correlate with the type of cloning to be conducted. For instance Rael who is a former French Journalist claims that "Cloning a baby is just the first step. For me, it's not so important," he said. "It's a good step, but my ultimate goal is to give humanity eternal life through cloning. Some scientists who want to clone livestock claim that their ultimate goal is to produce more food for less money....
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...Layne Hazam English 101 Prof. Anderson Aug 7, 2010 Attack of the Clones I recall sitting around the dinner table with my family as a teenager and engaging in riveting debates about the numerous possibilities cloning had for our world. In recent years, due to sports injuries and other battle wounds, these possibilities have become increasingly personal for me, even as the technology and the debates have rapidly advanced. It seems that since the discovery of fire humanity has attempted to imitate and manipulate phenomena that nature has had billions of years to develop and perfect. Cloning is a perfect example of such attempts. In nature, cloning is the process by which genetically identical organisms are produced by way of asexual reproduction. With some success, scientists have been working on ways to reproduce this phenomenon through biotechnology, in a laboratory setting. In biotechnology, cloning refers to the process used to create copies of DNA, cells, or entire organisms. Each of these forms of cloning will be described in this paper, which will then explore the issues surrounding cloning from biological, technological and public health standpoints. Molecular cloning, or DNA cloning, is the process of making multiple copies of an isolated sequence of DNA fragments (Strachan & Read, 1999). This form of cloning is most often used in biological research, but is also used in more practical applications such as genetic profiling and protein production. In practice, techniques such as this are often used ...
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...It is possible to clone mammals. Is it morally acceptable to clone a human being? Defend your answer against those who would not agree with you. By: Martin Pierce Student Number: 1057404 In cloning for medical-research purposes the development of the embryo is halted as soon as a cluster of stem cells develops. The stem cells are then harvested for research purposes. Due to the fact that no infant is born (in fact the embryo never even gets past the blastocyst stage), it is argued that this type of cloning has nothing to do with human cloning. (Hatch Backs Limited Cloning, 2002). For this reason this paper shall take the statement “to clone a human being” as meaning cloning that results in a fully formed human and not on the cloning of embryos for the purposes of research. The issues around cloning are in the main more ethical than theological and yet most of the objections to cloning come from religious sources, even if those objections are not religious in nature. The first objection is that cloning leaves God out of the process of human creation. This only makes sense though if your definition of God is of a being that plays a role in the birth of each member of our species. Even holding to this view it does not necessarily follow that cloning is comparable to playing God (Brannigan, 2001). How can science prevent a supposedly...
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...Diana Rodriguez Clare Foland English 102 23 October, 2015 “Summary of Don't Send in the Clones” In her article “Don’t Send in the Clones”, author Maureen Dowd states the arising issues, according to her with having Facebook applications such as RoomBug and websites such as URoom surf to automatically generate the perfect roommate by matching students with similar interests, ideas, and hobbies; therefore, students averting being surprised with a roommate that is unlike them. Dowd opens with her own personal experience as a college student being paired up with roommates that embodied a different way of thinking. Dowd then describes how “co-habiting with snarly and moody roomies prepared [her] for the working world, where people can be outlandishly cantankerous over small stuff”( 737). As a result, Dowd argues that college is intended for encountering a diverse student population. Additionally, Dowd believes that people will always have differences or similarities; thus, Dowd notes that students should learn to co-opt with students that have a multitude of different ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives. For this reason, Dowd believes this promotes self-growth and prepares students for the working sector. Dowd concludes by encouraging students to not have the same experiences over and over again. Subsequently, at the end of the essay Dowd says, “College is not only where you hit the books. It should also be where you learn not to judge a book by its cover” (737). Hence...
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...Clones are defined by the University of Utah as exact genetic copies. Due to recent scientific advancements, such organisms can be created in a laboratory. However, despite controversy surrounding this new biological technique, genetic clones can occur naturally in the form of twins, which begs the question of what is considered part of the human race, and what isn’t. Based on the events taking place in “The House of the Scorpion”, it is clear that Matteo Alacrán is in fact a human being, as he possesses the same organs and genetic information as a typical individual, accomplishes and learns from life events to the same degree as the majority of his peers, and is capable of personal emotion no less than those considered normal. To begin, Matteo Alacrán, otherwise known as Matt, is a true human being because he possesses physical characteristics identical to a typical individual. Receiving the finest care of all genetic clones within the boundaries of Opium, it isn’t until he comes of age when he makes a stunning revelation of the sole purpose of his existence. “Matt’s education and accomplishments were a sham. It didn’t matter how intelligent he was. In the end...
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...In the passage, “Should You Clone Your Pet” published by Sscholastic magazine, there are many pros and cons to cloning. The article stated, “With the help of modern day science, some pet owners are bringing their pets back to life…” Wow! This is amazing, if you lose your pet you can just get him back again! But that's not completely the case. Some people think that cloning is a good effect on society because researchers use cloning on other animals then just the average dog or cat to develop new present day medical discoveries. Also, they use it to find cures. Without cloning is there any possible other way to discover the undiscovered or solve the unknown? Well let's take a look at the cons. On the other hand people believe it will harm the...
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...Initially, the idea of animal cloning was carried out based upon both the financial and technological inadequacy of the human cloning progress. Attempts to clone the Dolly the Sheep, accomplished in February 1997 by the research team at the Roslin Institute, even if the clone grew abnormally large and had certain diseases (“Dolly The Sheep”). When scientists, indicated that they began to study intensively for human cloning; opponents of human cloning imposed serious sanctions against cloning practices. After a while, as stated in an article in The New York Times, on November 26, 2001, the first cloned human embryo was released to the public by the company, called Advanced Cell Technology (Kolata). However, the ethical dimension...
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...therefore why should we try cloning humans? Is human cloning really even worth it? Scientists aren't even sure what precisely will happen if they do clone humans. If scientists would clone a human, the clone’s life will be unfair, influenced, and tampered with. He/ she would not have an option to live his/ her life their own way. Cloning humans is wrong and unnecessary, and should be banned and made illegal. Identity is being an individual and not like someone else, and also it is what makes someone special from everybody else. If the human race clone humans, identity will be lost, and then people will not have that trait, skill, or look that makes them unique. “The real beauty of humanity lies in the differences we witness amongst each other. Cloning would kill the surprise element” as found on Health Guidance website. Clones would suffer from a lack of their own identity. They would think they have to live up to be exactly like their "parent". Clones will look like their donor, but will turn out to be like someone else on the inside. They can't be the same when they grow up....
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...particular purpose. Use, copying, and distribution of any EMC software described in this publication requires an applicable software license. For the most up-to-date listing of EMC product names, see EMC Corporation Trademarks on EMC.com. VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. Part Number h8264 What’s New with TimeFinder for EMC Symmetrix VMAX 2 Table of Contents Executive summary ........................................................................................... 4 EMC TimeFinder in traditional environments ................................................................. 4 EMC TimeFinder/Clone overview .................................................................................. 4 Clone copy sessions...
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..."Cloning" Cloning, wow. Who would thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves because some of them don't know the consequences. I am against cloning because it is bad to clone people or animals it is the worst thing you can do. Cloning is bad because it can affect to your health. Even though you might think it's fun to clone yourself or what ever, well it's not because your doing a bad to yourself. It may be fun but it wouldn't be fun when something comes bad of that clone. Cloning would devalue children and treat them as commodities (Anna G.C). It would radically after what it means to be a human- we would lose something vital to the uniqueness of humanity. Sometimes it's cool but your affecting...
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...Philosophy Paper What would the world be like as a clone? Nameless, parentless, with no idea of who you are, why you are here, or what your purpose is? Mankind is getting closer and closer to the point where we can clone humans; however, there are many potential repercussions of this research. Human life has always had some parental identity that allow us to determine our own identity. If we took this away and turned the process of human development into a science experiment there may be serious negative effects for those involved. It is important for us to understand what makes up identity so we take better care of those who are unsure of their own. For the purpose of this paper we will discuss cloning as a movie clone, an immediate exact replica in every way. The two beings have all the same features, physically they will look exactly the same and mentally have all of the same memories. Let's say a man goes into a doctors office for a simple outpatient surgery. Unknown to the patient, he is cloned while unconscious. The clones are put in two identical rooms in the same exact positions. The clone is an exact replica mind and body, but they know nothing of the cloning experiment. The world now has two men who are the exact same in every way and think that they are the original person, as they don't know they are cloned. These two men are the same person while unconscious and even after they awake, they have the same body and same memories. When put in the...
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...Science Fiction movie. Since then, human cloning has become one of the most debated topics in the world. From the schoolhouse to the White House, discussions began regarding the ethical implications of human cloning. In several recent polls by TIME magazine (The Ethics of Cloning, 1998 ), it was shown that 75 percent of the responding population thought that cloning wasn’t a good thing. Furthermore, 74 percent of the respondents believed that cloning was against God’s will, and when asked if they would clone themselves, if presented with the opportunity, 91 percent responded with a “no”. However, when asked to define human cloning, an estimated 95 percent of them couldn’t describe it correctly. As a matter of fact, in a personal interview with Miss. Weber, T.A. (personal interview, November 7,1998) when asked, “What do you think about human cloning?” responded, “I don’t know a lot about it, but I know it’s scary”. Opponents of human cloning argue that it is immoral and unethical to clone human beings for both religious and humanitarian reasons. Moreover, other opponents describe human cloning as a luxury for wealthy people or as a tool for organ market development. Conversely, I believe that human cloning can have many benefits for the human race in terms of helping infertile couples and people with genetic problems. In addition, it can be really helpful for a person with diseases such as kidney and liver defects or cancer. First of all, it seems logical that one needs to know what...
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...REACTION PAPER Ethics and Fears and Wonders of Human Cloning By Dr. Alfredo P. Co What is a clone? According to the Encyclopædia Britannica (1979), “a clone is a population of organisms derived originally from a single individual. By definition clones occur only in organisms capable of asexual reproduction and consist of genetically identical individuals”. There has been a successful recorded experiment which regard to cloning, although it was just an animal (a sheep to be more specific), there has been speculations that Human Cloning is not very far away. Before judging this issue, we should refrain having ignorant thoughts and try to study and understand the issue and detach ourselves from our emotions, religious dogmas and cultural habits/ or entrenched habits. We should see all the possible outcome of this, both positive and negative. Cloning is an issue that cannot be overlooked because everyone will be affected by the decision that would be put upon the issue, lives will either be saved and/or lost. In February 1997, Dolly the sheep, was successfully cloned from an adult sheep. After this experiment, some people were enthusiastic with this successful discovery, because it may be the key to unlocking the ‘untreatable diseases’ that we are currently facing today. It may give life and/or prolong life, it may be the only solution and the only hope for families that are experiencing a very difficult time in watching their loved ones suffer, and it may be the only guarantee...
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