Therapeutic Cloning
Is it ethical to use human embryos for stem cells?
Cloning Background Info
- Cloning of plants has been going on for thousands of years, and is still going on today
- 1997 was when the first successful mammal cloning had taken place
- They first produced clones by taking nuclei from the cells of mice, sheep, and cattle embryos and inserting these into egg cells
Therapeutic Cloning
- Therapeutic Cloning is the creation of embryos for use in bio medical research
- The ability to make exact genetic changes in human stem cells could be used to make Therapeutic Cloning more compatible with the patients immune system
- The Creation of therapeutic cloning is not to create clones, but to obtain stem cells
Stem Cell Research
Pros
- Therapeutic Cloning can help cure Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease
- A person with diabetes could possibly avoid insulin injections if scientists could create insulin-producing pancreatic cells
- Therapeutic Cloning can ensure that there is a chance of survival in an injury
- Therapeutic Cloning can further researches on how to cure life threatening diseases
- Therapeutic Cloning can improve health rates all across America
Cons
- Therapeutic Cloning may not be accessible for everyone and people may not want it
- Therapeutic Cloning is not guaranteed that it will help the injured patient or not
- This process of Cloning is killing a live by making a fertile egg into a certain organ or tissue
- Not Everyone can afford this type of cloning and there insurance may not cover it either
- Therapeutic Cloning is unethical and is lives are being thrown away by having a therapeutic cloning process done
A Political Cartoon
Conclusions
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