Cloning for 'spare' Body Parts

Cloning for 'spare' body parts

Craig Goodwin

Rasmussen College

Author Notes

This research is being submitted on August 13, 2011, for Jill Dupy G227 Section 02 Oral Communication.

Introduction,

The possibility of human cloning arose when Scottish scientists at Roslin Institute created the much-celebrated sheep "Dolly" (Nature 385, 810-13, 1997), which aroused worldwide interest and many concerns, because of its scientific and ethical implications. The feat, cited by Science magazine as the breakthrough of 1997, also generated uncertainty over the meaning of "cloning" --an umbrella term traditionally used by scientists to describe different processes for duplicating biological material. (Genomics, 2009). In a cracker box, the argument is not that spare part cloning should not be done; it is because cloning parts are likely to show something wrong due to inappropriate genetic reprogramming.

Body,

I. What is cloning? Are there different types of cloning?

(1) Recombinant DNA technology or DNA cloning.

a. Reproductive cloning.

b. Therapeutic cloning.

II. How cloning technologies are used?

(1) Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms.

a. Gene Therapy.

III. Can organs be cloned for use in transplants?

(1) Organs for transplants.

a. Producing organs from stem cells.

b. Harvesting stem cells.

IV.What is the risks of cloning.

(1) Clones Contain Hidden DNA Damage.

a. Genes and Health.

V. Should humans be cloned?

(1) Primer on Ethics and Human Cloning

a. Do clones have rights and legal protection?

b. Who is socially responsible for cloned humans?

VI. What is the economical cost of cloning?

(1) The Human Cloning Foundation.

a. Where you can find them?

b. What they can do for you.

VII.