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The Pros and Cons of The Pros and Cons of Cloning Cloning
Group members:Halmagyi
MelindaDonca Roxana
Deak Noemi
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
January 7th 2011
ContentContent
IntroductionDefinition of cloning Brief chronology
BodyPotential benefits/risks of cloning Point of views:
Scientist Ethicist Legislator
Conclusions
What is cloning?What is cloning?
cloning ="trunk, branch“ (greek) creating genetically identical
individuals types of cloning:
- molecular cloning- organism cloning- human cloning
ChronologyChronology
before the 1990´s – various attempts of cloning organisms
1996 – Dolly since 1997 – until our days:
- many tries of cloning other animals, like dogs, mice, pigs, wolves, etc. with several successes
- reserches on cloning human cells
DollyDolly
first mammal cloned from adult DNA 1996 – 2003
Potential benefits/risks of Potential benefits/risks of cloningcloning
Benefits to produce organs or tissues to
repair or replace the damaged ones (organ transplants)
infertile couples could be able to have children
reconstructive and cosmetic surgery cure genetic or other diseases
Risks highly inefficient and very expensive clones live short and unhealthy life unsafe process ( miscarriages and
deformities) lose the uniqueness of every human
Points of viewPoints of view
ScientistScientistEthicistEthicistLegislatorLegislator
Scientific issuesScientific issues
the process of cloningthe process of cloning
Ethical issuesEthical issues those who argue in favour:
- curing diseases, organ transplants, avoiding genetic malformations
- longer life, hopes of eternal life- anyone could have children- scientific research for the
benefit of humanity
Those who argue against:- reduce the value of life - loss of individuality - confusing relationships- offensive to human dignity - would mark the cloned person
more as a replacement rather than a fellow human being
Legislative issuesLegislative issues
human cloning - the source of debates by many countries
the need for legislative policies is particularly great because:– many unknowns concerning human
cloning– the absence of any effective system
to license private research laboratories
without a ban, clones are exposed to “potential abuse, prejudice and discrimination”
the government – protect the public health from catastrophic consequences
social control is necessary
ConclusionsConclusions
there are a lot of benefits of cloning, but we should not forget the risks
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