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 though

To better explain why Dolly was so special; in previous experiments with cattle and mice, the "donor" chromosomes came from very early embryos, or in the case of cloned frogs, from young tadpoles. Early embryos that are from mammals are called blastocysts, or balls of immature cells that are produced after a fertilized egg divides several times, but before any specialized tissues begin to develop. Very recently, Rhesus monkeys have been cloned from embryonic cells in blastocysts by a method called nuclear transfer (What is a...).

"On the exact opposite note, there are religions and organizations that support cloning. There is a "so-called" religious group who has based all their beliefs on the idea of human cloning. Followers call it the Raelian Movement, and the leader of it all is a guy with the last name of Rael.

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).

To the majority of Americans and humans as a whole, the idea of cloning is irrational, illogical, and just plain scary. There is always fear of the unknown, and this is exactly what it boils down to. Cloning is unknown and misunderstood so people shun the idea. Of course, if cloning is ever accomplished the technology of it could also be abused, so there are a few reasons for fear. So, if this next statement were broadcast worldwide over satellites, you have to wonder what the reactions would be like. Say this is how the broadcast went: "Now we go to Dr. Richard Seed, Ph.D for an alarming announcement!" "It is my objective to set up a human clone clinic in greater Chicago here, make it a profitable fertility clinic...I've said many times that you can't stop science...God made man in his own image. God intended for man to become one with God...cloning and the reprogramming of DNA is the first serious step in becoming one with God." With that, the announcer would come back on, !

"What is a Clone?" Microsoft Internet Explorer. http://www.Science-education.nih.gov/nihHTML/use/sna

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