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Cloning
Jan 5, 2003 16:40:23 GMT -5
Post by KattyKatie on Jan 5, 2003 16:40:23 GMT -5
The ellipsis was meant to mean that the ending is generic and changed depending on the situation. Like I said, in your post, you said, "You are not God," thus, you are addressing someone beside yourself. I am adressing anybody who cares to read my post, because, as I've already stated, I am a Christian, and they are not God. That is, in no way, telling them to *believe* in God. It's like if someone were to say, "hey, you're not Britney Spears."
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Cloning
May 13, 2003 16:21:10 GMT -5
Post by Bebe33 on May 13, 2003 16:21:10 GMT -5
Personally I think theraputic (organ cloning) is just as bad as adult or DNA cloning. In order to clone an organ, you must kill a human embryo. This argument is very similar to those opposed to abortion.
Cloning a human is also very risky because it could cause birth defects. For instance when they cloned the sheep Dolly she died prematurly and she also had arthritis. So if you clone a 50 year old human, the clone may appear to be a new born, but could age prematurly and on the inside she may really be 50.
Cloning is also a bad idea because it could cause emotional problems for the child. For example, if a parent looses a child, they may want to clone them because they were so emotionally attached to them. When the new "twin" is born he/she may be expected to act the same as the 1st child. The child may be confused and distrauht because he/she is expected to be someone that they're not.
Honestly, why does the world need clones? Scientists should be able to find some other way to cure diseases. And why would you want a world filled with a bunch of identical people? Being different and unique is a great characteristic that shouldn't be taken away by science.
Okay that's all I have to say.
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Cloning
Jul 3, 2003 22:03:40 GMT -5
Post by YourCapnSpeaking on Jul 3, 2003 22:03:40 GMT -5
Actually, to clone an organ you do not have to kill a human embryo. The human genome has been mapped so effectively that we can take the piece of code out of a strand of DNA that it takes to make a liver, and make ONLY a liver.
And is we had clones, we could save the lives of many young people in America. Entire armies could be made of brain dead clones that are nothing more than organic machines. They're cheaper and you do not have to worry about a clone soldier getting a mind of its own and turning on its creators. Like you would if you had AI.
And Dolly did not age prematurely. The way a chromosome is set up, it has "caps" on each end. As you age, those caps degrade. And as they degrade, the code within is destroyed. That is why the body becomes weaker. Your DNA code is being destroyed, so your body is not as efficient as it used to be. When your caps run out, you die.
Dolly was cloned when she had very few caps left. That is why the clone died so young and ran into so many problems. However, in time, this problem can be fixed. And the process of creating a soldier could cut that soldier's life down to a matter of years if you so choose so. If you watch "The 6th Day" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, that is very realistic on how you can control a clone. You implant a disease of some kind and just cure it and implant a new one. If the clone is no longer able to function, destroy it and create a new one.
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