Human Cloning
Have you ever heard anyone make a statement similar to this one, "Everyone has an identical twin somewhere in the world." Well, ever since most of us have been young, we can recall hearing this at least once or twice. The one thing to be questioned here is, "Could it be true?" As of now, there is no proof that it is true, but if science keeps advancing as it has been, then in a very short period of time, this could be a true statement. The way this would happen would be through the new technology of human cloning. To clone someone you would create another person, who in essence is, their identical twin, at least genetically. Although, technically, this has not yet been accomplished, it seems to be very close to happening. Scientist have predicted that within the next few years a human will be cloned (What is a Clone...). First, to start off, one person is quoted as saying, "There are many ways in which human cloning is expected to benefit mankind." Scientists have stated that cloning can be used to reverse heart attacks. To do this the healthy heart cells would first be carefully cloned, and then injected intot the areas of the heart that have been damaged (Human Cloning Foundation). Human stem cells, which are also tho
"Cloning Firsts." "Dolly the Sheep." Microsoft Internet Explorer. http://library.advanced.org/20015/index-en.html. April 24, 2000. Yet another breakthrough in human cloning, and this one has come undoubtedly close to being a human clone...possibly the closest so far. A company in Massachusetts, Advanced Cell Technology, took a cell from a research scientist, Dr. Jose Cibelli, and combined it with a cow's egg from which all the genes had been removed. Surprisingly, the genes activated and the egg began to divide in the normal way up to the 32-cell stage, but then it was destroyed, unfortunately. The scientists working with this experiment believe that, if allowed to continue beyond implantation the cell would have grown into Dr. Cibelli's identical twin. Technically, 1% of the human clone's genes would have belonged to the cow. The biggest and scariest new here is that this whole incident was kept a secret for nearly three year (Humancow).
Some common words found in the essay are:
Firsts Recently, Cloning Timeline, , Cloning Foundation, Dr Cibelli's, Internet Explorer, Dr Cibelli, Human Cloning, Dr Seed, Seed PhD, human cloning, microsoft internet, april 24, internet explorer, microsoft internet explorer, april 24 2000, 24 2000, human cloning foundation, cloning foundation, dolly sheep, identical twin, international cloning, international cloning society, cloning society, advanced cell technology,
Approximate Word count = 1935
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
