Cloning

Facts:
Cloning is the method of producing a baby that has the identical genes to one person. The possibility of human cloning, raised when Scottish scientists at Roslin Institute created the much-celebrated sheep "Dolly", aroused worldwide interest and concern because of its scientific and ethical implications. The feat, cited by Science magazine as the breakthrough of 1997, also generated uncertainty over the meaning of "cloning" --an umbrella term traditionally used by scientists to describe different processes for duplicating biological material.
What is cloning? Are there different types of cloning?
When the media report on cloning in the news, they are usually talking about only one type called reproductive cloning. There are different types of cloning however, and cloning technologies can be used for other purposes besides producing the genetic twin of another organism. A basic understanding of the different types of cloning is key to taking an informed stance on current public policy issues and making the best possible personal decisions. The following three types of cloning technologies will be discussed: (1) recombinant DNA technology or DNA cloning, (2) reproductive cloning, and (3) therapeutic cloning.


Pros:
Cloning is a wonderous discovery that enables an animal to have an exact copy of itself. Cloning stem cells might provide medical break-throughs. Stem cells can become any cell in the human body. Having more stem cells will make up for cells lost or damaged. Cloning can be perfected in humans and create a person with genes of the cloner's choice. Also, with cloning you can create someone with super-natural powers using cloning. Cloning can add to the understanding of genetics. This can lead to more scientific discoveries in the future. Livestock can be cloned to make more food in the world. If cloning is not abused, it can become a great edition to our life.

Cons:
Cloning is a great discovery, but should be limited. If too many people are cloned in the same place, there could be a group, city, or even country of clones with the same genetics. If any sicknes effected some of the population, the entire population would die. Cloning is too time wasting and expensive. Too much time and money will be spent on money instead of spending it on important stuff. In cloning, viruses can be transfered into clones, passed to humans in products, and spread throughout the world.If you are concerned about your effert and health, you'll be against cloning.


Religious Factors:
Religion is among the more powerful factors that shape attitudes toward human cloning. This is an interesting empirical fact that deserves sociological scrutiny in its own right, both to document the extent of this influence statistically and to explore its intellectual roots either in theology or in the cultural environments surrounding particular religions.
But it is also relevant to major theoretical developments in contemporary social science of religion. This article will introduce data from a major survey carried out on the World Wide Web, with the proviso that more elaborate statistical analysis should be carried out in the future. To a great extent, the data speak for themselves. But this article also offers a theoretical interpretation, rooted in the New Paradigm of the sociology of religion.

Comments by Christian religious groups:
They believe that a soul enters the body at the instant of conception, and that the fertilized ovum is in fact a human person with full human rights. Dividing that "baby" into half during an embryo cloning procedure would interfere with God's intent.
Reaffirm their belief in the basic dignity and uniqueness of each human being under God.

Cloning Ethics
People have conflicting views of the government's actions and they have proved to be controversial. The federal government should have regulated human cloning instead of banning it. There are significant benefits that can result from the technologies of cloning. Bypass of infertility is one of the most promising benefits. This technique would be better than relying on organ transplants from other people.
But through therapeutic cloning patients will not have to take anti-rejection drugs. They would be derived from the patient him/herself and the immune system would recognize the cells as the bodies own. Therapeutic cloning would save countless numbers of lives, and increase the quality of life of many others.

The Finals

honest to say, we were so shocked about our group got selected into the finals for the "Life in My Hands" performance... It feels as if it's not true at all....

After Ms Azlin yelled "Samuel Wong", at that point of time we're shocked, sweats filled on our forehead, it could never be possible, we thought. This is the most ridiculous matter that ever happened. With shivering hands, with sweating palms, with quick pumping heart, we went to Ms Azlin in order to make sure if there's another Samuel Wong apart from our leader, and it turned out it is really us! Ouch!

Well, as we predicted, it's gonna be a whole lot of time contributed with more and more performance rehearsals in these coming days, our final performance is in next 2 weeks... Tuition Free Week, here we come!

A simple-to-understand video of cloning

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cloning = "copy and paste" ?

To most people, cloning is just another scientific stuff of the usual "copy and paste" of living creatures, even so some may think human can be cloned as well. It is normal for most people to think that cloning is only like photocopying, such as you put a plain paper into the photocopy machine, push some buttons, then a warm sheet of newly carbon-printed paper comes out! Honest to say, that's what some people think. Although people are right about the simplest logic of cloning, the term is not just anything simple as that, as cloning collectively refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments (molecular cloning), cells (cell cloning), or organisms. Most people are deeply curious if human cloning is successful at current time, so one day if you walk around town, you see two Michael Schumacher walking past you yourself, then it is solidly proven that human cloning is successful!!! But beware, the facts of human cloning may not be as simple as you think. Most religions have their own views towards cloning human, some object and some do not, and more importantly, human cloning generates inevitable crime as well. One day, if some cops approach your house and put you under arrest for the charge of commiting some crime, don't be so surprised, it maybe your clone that commited the crime. You know what I mean.

To conclude, cloning is not just as simple as you might think, whatever things may happen in anytime, in this world.

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Life In My Hands Sketch

Our Group presented LIFE IN MY HANDS sketch on 27 of september 2007.

We had been so pressured that day because it was our maiden sketch and it is a lots of marks in our final marks.
Our groups hope can be passed in moral studies examination.

Life In My Hands

Kenny- our main actor

Danny- first salesman

Yun Siang- second salesman

SamzJason- counsellor

jianhua- first teenager

marvinmeng- second teenager

Cloning

Ethical Value: Utilitarianism

Cloning is benefit for the of mankinds as the technology of cloning offers a mean of curtin diseases, human organs can be cloned as replacement to treat patients suffering organ damage.

Cloning is advantageous as the technology might provide solutions for infertility, enabling unfortunate persons to pass on their genes to later generations.

Cloning allows the research of human bodies as well, for cloning gives scientists opportunities to do research on live body sampler, allowing a for more accurate experiment and scientific fact.

Welcome to Group Mitulu's Blog for Moral Studies.

Welcome to our blog site of Mitulu for Moral Studies. Our leader is Samuel Wong Sing Kee(samuel88tj@hotmail.com), our group members are Danny Wong (dwscwong@hotmail.com), Lim Yun Siang (y_siang89@hotmail.com), MarvinmEnG (ah.men9@gmail.com) , Chai Jing Hian (kenny_cjh@yahoo.com), and Soh Kian Hua(kh_soh2005@hotmail.com).

We named our group Mitulu is because we have members who are Mirians and Bintuluians, so in combination we name it as "Mitulu".

Our topic is cloning, we talked about the basics of cloning, as well as the pros and cons of the topic, we also talked about religous stands on cloning. Example given was first cloned sheep - Dolly.


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