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andyman 17-12-2008 05:05 AM

Cloning.
 
... In 1997 the Roslin institute, Edinburgh, announced that it had succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell taken from the mammary gland of an adult ewe. The nucleus of the cell had been fused with an unfertilized egg cell from which the nucleic DNA had been removed. The resulting offspring was named Dolly.. (after dolly parton, the country and western singer.

Is this a good idea? What does the future hold? Is this a step forward or is it dark science that should be left alone?....


:shrug:

Sticks 17-12-2008 06:58 AM

If I remember Dolly had arthritis which was a result of the cloning process, however cloning can go on in nature, everytime someone gives birth to identical twins.

My understanding is that the science is still a work inprogress, with the aim to grow tissue samples for medical applications, rather than produce cloned individuals.

NettoSuperstar! 17-12-2008 09:57 AM

I think it could be good for growing body parts needed for transplants and such like but If they were to clone a human I think its wrong and I hope it would never happen, I dont really know why It just seems wrong and needs furthur thought

30stone 17-12-2008 03:15 PM

Cloning full people would be awful

Sticks 17-12-2008 09:59 PM

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Originally posted by 30stone
Cloning full people would be awful
As opposed to empty people? :whistle:

30stone 17-12-2008 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by Sticks
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Originally posted by 30stone
Cloning full people would be awful
As opposed to empty people? :whistle:
its would be like they would end up making people just for slavery and that, i think limbs and organs could be good but full people that can walk and talk i think they should just leave that sorta thing alone.

lily. 17-12-2008 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by Sticks
Quote:

Originally posted by 30stone
Cloning full people would be awful
As opposed to empty people? :whistle:
No.

As opposed to half people.

You're on fire lately sticks.. :thumbs:

Sticks 18-12-2008 04:49 AM

That must be the new smoking jacket

or possibly the new blazer

NettoSuperstar! 18-12-2008 07:53 AM

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Originally posted by 30stone
Quote:

Originally posted by Sticks
Quote:

Originally posted by 30stone
Cloning full people would be awful
As opposed to empty people? :whistle:
its would be like they would end up making people just for slavery and that, i think limbs and organs could be good but full people that can walk and talk i think they should just leave that sorta thing alone.
yeh I think you've got a point, its the reasons why they would be doing it that would bother me! There is no reason I can see to clone whole humans.

Tom 19-12-2008 02:19 PM

Cloning is good but only when organs etc are cloned not full animals. I don't agree with full animals being cloned because it leads to health problems, and if a human was cloned then there would be a lot of grey areas, for example would a cloned person have any human rights? Would it be OK to clone a person with the intent of removing its organs, only for the clone to die? Is the clone actually a person? etc ...


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