Genetic Engenering
A new technology is dawning on our era, a technology that could change the lives of our children and their children to come. Will this medical advancement be pursued or will it be outlawed? The medical advancement is genetic engineering, the duplicating of human cells, and people have strong feelings both for and against it. Many people who have strong feelings for why cloning should be allowed say, " Cloning human cells could one day save your life and the lives of many other people. This research could find cures for cancer, genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, and damaged hearts, livers, and brains" (Bailey 1). On the other hand, the people who feel otherwise say, "Introducing genes into chromosomes is very much a hit or miss proposition. Scientists might achieve the results they intended once in twenty times, making the procedure far to risky to preform on a human embryo" (Nash 2). Many times scientist have proved that they do indeed have the power to duplicate an animal, plant and human body parts so that they are exactly identical to each other. For example, in May of 1998, scientists successfully cloned a calf using a new cloning technology that could make it possible to create "designer
"Pros: Cloning Supporters." http://library. Advanced.org/24355/data/reactions/pros.html (4/13/99). Those opposing cloning feel that if it is possible to make a perfect human, "would this human be accepted into the society or would people look at him as some kind of science experiment" (Nash 4). This human could have above normal strength and sub-normal intelligence, a genetic underclass ("Cons" 1). Even if we made a whole lot of them there would be a risk of creating a population that is entirely the same. "This population would be susceptible to the same diseases, and one disease could wipe out a whole nation. How do you think the woomen who has to carry around a baby for nine months, is going to feel about using it for spare parts and throwing it away like garbage? If I were a woman, I would not want to carry "Cons: Anti-Cloning Research." http://library.advanced.org/24355/data/reactions/cons.html (4/13/99). Even with these concerns it may be possible to just clone the body parts needed. Scientists are in the process of finding these things out but they need more time, more time that people won't give them. Just last year a mouse had a human ear growing on his back(Nash 1). If we can make a human ear grow on a mouse, then we can grow human body parts. We will never know unless scientists are allowed to continue there research on cloning. Nash, J. Madeleine. "The Case for Cloning." http://cgi.pahtfinder.com/
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