RHIAN+-+Cloning

CLONING Back to Mr W's NAt Sci Activity

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There are several ways in which technology could affect the expansion of the human population; one way, is cloning, a biological process in which cells and tissues from organisms are taken and identical cells/tissue’s are created. Cloning is related to biology as it involved replication of the cells and tissues from individuals such as humans, plants, bacteria and insects. Also as it is advancement in biology and DNA technology, it improves our knowledge of genes and exactly how DNA works and a few years ago scientists were unable to do something such as this. Many scientists see cloning as a break through in science, as it could be advancement to society, cloning could stop genetic diseases from being passed down. However, there are millions of people that believe cloning is dangerous as scientists aren’t 100% sure of what will happen, We are dabbling in areas that are religiously linked, problems in the future could arise and most of the time if an animal is cloned, it dies at a young age. Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be cloned successfully at the Roslin Institute based in Scotland. The cloning of Dolly became known world wide as she showed the advancement in technology and the potential of what could happen with the human population. However, it took several attempts before Dolly was successfully cloned, and Dolly was put down at the age of six when regularly sheep’s live up until the age of 10. Cloning is an extremely controversial issue as many see it as wrong and cruel, and others see it as a scientific breakthrough. Cloning could expand the human population however it is a very difficult process. Dr. Arthur Caplan states that he thinks “the last 10 years have shown that cloning is a difficult process to control, often goes wrong, and that many of the reason it goes wrong are probably inextricably tied up to the cloning process itself. I think that will pretty well seal the fate of cloning to make human beings. It will be understood that the price will be too high.”====== 