genetics
The process of cloning is the process of using the genes of a being to create another being genetically identical to it. Cloning technology has been called the "forbidden fruit of biology" (Begley 54). For years, scientists have been trying to perfect the cloning technique. In Scotland, scientists at the Roslin Institute have finally succeeded. Their success comes in the form of a Finn Dorset ewe named Dolly. Dolly is a clone. Now that the cloning of mammals from body cells has been accomplished, we are forced to consider what stand must be taken on the issue of cloning human beings, and also examine the effect of popular culture on our perceptions of cloning. Dolly's case is not the first example of cloning. A man named Hans Spemann first envisioned cloning in 1938. He suggested transferring the nucleus of an embryo into another egg. As early as 1952, two scientists, Robert Briggs and T.J. King attempted what Spemann had suggested with a frog embryo and egg. Unfortunately, the frog egg did not develop. (Specter/Kolata) That same year, researchers in Pennsylvania cloned a live frog. The technique used was known as embryo twinning, or causing the embryo to split apart. It is much easier to clone with e
clusters of embryonic cells are allowed to grow for a period of six days. In 1970, John Gurdon repeated the procedure suggested by Hans Spemann. This time, the experiment yielded partial success. The tadpoles were born alive, but they died when they began to feed. He showed that transplanted nuclei reverted to an embryonic state. Nash, J. Madeleine. The Age Of Cloning. the cloning of human beings. (Begley 55) for Dolly's creation. (Specter/Kolata) Cloning has a lot of potential for good. An understanding of cloning can possibly help heal spinal cords, heart muscles, and brain tissues, which would not regenerate on their own. It has great potential for fighting cancer as well. (Krautha 61) New York Times, March 3, 1997, p. 1.
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