Cloning - The Great Human Embryo Clone Hype Essay -- Argumentative Per

The Great Human Embryo Clone Hype      Ã‚  Ã‚   Abstract: The cloning of human embryos has sparked a major debate worldwide. New cloning methods have surpassed the technology that could only duplicate specified genes or produce offspring from frozen mice and human embryos. Cloning has been used to free would-be sufferers from a particular disease carrying gene. Likewise, out of desire to assist infertile couples and overcome the drawbacks of using in-vitro fertilization, came the newest method of cloning. Although skepticism exists because of the lack of regulation and the extreme possibilities considered such as cloning for hair and eye color or for a particular gender, with proper regulation, researchers and doctors intend to embrace this modern and unpredictable technology as our newest weapon in combating health related problems.    There is a lot of commotion going in Washington, D.C. It has nothing to do with White Water or the White House, but everything to do with politics and people. There is constant clamour surrounding the issue of cloning technique application for various purposes including the elimination of defective genes which cause disease and an alternative mean of human embryo reproduction. In modern science, three types of cloning exists, positional cloning (genes), Jurassic Park cloning (nucleus), and blastomere separation (human embryos). According to Conley, "The recent experiment in human cloning in Washington, D.C. has provoked moral unease in the public. Both specialists and lay persons sense that this new technology is fraught with ethical and political peril," (2). Well, in such protests there is a hint of hypocrisy. Society has already embraced in-vitro fertilization, which is a form of human gen... ...    Works Cited 1. Collins, Francis S. and Fink, Leslie. "The Human Genome Project" . Alcohol Health & Research World. Summer 1995: 190-195 2. Conley, John J. "Narcissus Cloned" America 12 February 1994: 15-17 3. Elmer-Dewitt, Philip. "Cloning: where do we draw the line?" Time 8 November 1993: 64-70 4. Henderson, Charles. "Cloning and chromosomal mapping of a human immunodeficiency virus 1 "TATA' element modulatory factor" Aids Weekly 11 November 1992: 21-23 5. Perloe, Mark. "In-vitro fertilization." WWW, 1995 6. Pope, Gregory T. "Brave New World" Popular Mechanics February 1994: 88-89 7. Robertson, John A. "The Question of Human Cloning" The Hastings Center Report March-April 1994: 6-14 8. Conley, John J. "Narcissus Cloned". America 12 February 1994: 15-Philip. "Cloning: where do we draw the line". Time 8 November 1993: 64-73 Cloning - The Great Human Embryo Clone Hype Essay -- Argumentative Per The Great Human Embryo Clone Hype      Ã‚  Ã‚   Abstract: The cloning of human embryos has sparked a major debate worldwide. New cloning methods have surpassed the technology that could only duplicate specified genes or produce offspring from frozen mice and human embryos. Cloning has been used to free would-be sufferers from a particular disease carrying gene. Likewise, out of desire to assist infertile couples and overcome the drawbacks of using in-vitro fertilization, came the newest method of cloning. Although skepticism exists because of the lack of regulation and the extreme possibilities considered such as cloning for hair and eye color or for a particular gender, with proper regulation, researchers and doctors intend to embrace this modern and unpredictable technology as our newest weapon in combating health related problems.    There is a lot of commotion going in Washington, D.C. It has nothing to do with White Water or the White House, but everything to do with politics and people. There is constant clamour surrounding the issue of cloning technique application for various purposes including the elimination of defective genes which cause disease and an alternative mean of human embryo reproduction. In modern science, three types of cloning exists, positional cloning (genes), Jurassic Park cloning (nucleus), and blastomere separation (human embryos). According to Conley, "The recent experiment in human cloning in Washington, D.C. has provoked moral unease in the public. Both specialists and lay persons sense that this new technology is fraught with ethical and political peril," (2). Well, in such protests there is a hint of hypocrisy. Society has already embraced in-vitro fertilization, which is a form of human gen... ...    Works Cited 1. Collins, Francis S. and Fink, Leslie. "The Human Genome Project" . Alcohol Health & Research World. Summer 1995: 190-195 2. Conley, John J. "Narcissus Cloned" America 12 February 1994: 15-17 3. Elmer-Dewitt, Philip. "Cloning: where do we draw the line?" Time 8 November 1993: 64-70 4. Henderson, Charles. "Cloning and chromosomal mapping of a human immunodeficiency virus 1 "TATA' element modulatory factor" Aids Weekly 11 November 1992: 21-23 5. Perloe, Mark. "In-vitro fertilization." WWW, 1995 6. Pope, Gregory T. "Brave New World" Popular Mechanics February 1994: 88-89 7. Robertson, John A. "The Question of Human Cloning" The Hastings Center Report March-April 1994: 6-14 8. Conley, John J. "Narcissus Cloned". America 12 February 1994: 15-Philip. "Cloning: where do we draw the line". Time 8 November 1993: 64-73