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Description: "The recent furore over GM crops – trials for which are still going ahead in the UK – is only the tip of ... more
GM and cloning ... the genetics iceberg. Other recent news stories include the case of the Nash family, who used cells from their baby Adam to help cure their daughter Molly of Fanconi’s anaemia; the news that cloning might help to prevent extinction in endangered species; and the news that the mapping of the human genome has now been completed. The issues involved in each of these are profound and complex. The companies funding genetic research state that their aims are the eradication of famine and disease – the improvement of the human lot, in short. Critics argue that companies’ motives are more profit-led, and that genetic engineering will lead to ever greater commercial exploitation of natural resources, as well as having a potentially disastrous knock-on effect in environmental terms. Similarly, proponents of ‘designer baby’ technology argue that it allows greater freedom of choice and can stop inherited disease, while opponents argue that it is eugenics by another name, and might lead to a ‘Gattaca’-style two-tiered society. What’s your opinion?"

Newest Review: ... she was a clone, but because of a common disease caught by sheep. This 'successful' clone encouraged scientists to go on and try out more, to see what else could be done. ===Benefits of cloning Human Embryos=== Some people are for cloning, and can put forward many 'positive' issues about copying the human DNA: _new medicines_ : The cloning of embryos could lead to the discovery of ... more

 ... medicines to cure, or put an end to, some genetic diseases and disorders. _fertility treatment_ : It is said that cloning could also help with fertility treatment, allowing the infertile parents to produce a child with their own DNA. _ageing_ : A few scie...more

AmyAmy
Premium Review GM and cloning: Human Embryo Cloning (998 words)
by AmyAmy - written on 04.02.08 (Very useful, 245 readings)
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Take a look in the mirror; what do you see? Somebody staring back at you; identical in every way? Can you imagine walking along the street and bumping into this character? It would certainly be an unusual encounter, I'm sure you'll agree! When we think of cloning, we often think of situations seen in films, where the body walks into a machine, and comes out doubled (or sometimes more!). Embryo cloning isn't _quite_ like that (!), and there is a lot to be considered when cloning a Human Embryo! ===How Does It Work?=== Cloning is basically creating an identical DNA copy of an embryo of an animal (or plant), in order to create something alike in ...

jac22
Premium Review GM Crops Debate (589 words)
by jac22 - written on 03.02.08 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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Genetic Engineering within crops and the processes involved have come under serious scrutiny over the last several years since GM crops have become widely available. However, considering the ethics, what stance; in favour of or not, should be taken. Since the development of GM crops, issues of ethical concern have been envoked, particularly with regards to food crops within Christian groups. For example Rev. Roland Lesseps, Zambia, stated within "Church's Social Teaching and the Ethics of GMOs" in conlcusion that that "genetic modification does not meet the tests of the social teaching of the church for genuine integral development that respects ...

jaygami1986
Premium Review GM and cloning: cloning...... (1359 words)
by jaygami1986 - written on 03.02.08 (Very useful, 105 readings)
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Well I suppose this is probably going to be a tough review, the topic that's being covered here is not only sensitive, but also very powerful. The debate over what humans can and cannot do has been growing for centuries, during the 16th and 17th century, scientists were publicly humiliated, shun upon and even murdered because their belief over science outweighed the religious views of that period. We now have a period were the topic of science vs. God has created tension between many people. This review will give an analysis of the concept of human cloning, thereby introducing the concept and history of such cloning theories. I will give the main arguments for such ...

 
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