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…field needed ethics, much like that of law or other areas of society. With the discovery of organ transplants, genetic defects, and the willingness to abort fetuses that were less than perfect, and finally cloning, moralists and ethicists were called upon…

…to progress.         Since humans make the rule of equality, they themselves are the problem countering evolution. A solution presents itself though the breakthrough of cloning as researched by Ian Wilmut. This new procedure allows humans DNA…

…Polymorphic & Cloning Computer Viruses The generation of today is growing up in a fast-growing, high-tech world which allows us to do the impossibilities of yesterday. With the help of modern telecommunications and the rapid growth…

…only a few thousand blood cells in a patient are infected with the virus (13). Cloning and Recombinant Expression The discovery of two types of enzymes provided the means of the now common technique of DNA cloning. One type, called restriction enzymes…

…a certain allele. Plant and animal breeders use genetics to breed organisms with a desirable trait with another animal with that trait to get good results in offspring. With the knowledge we have today, we can clone living things. Whether that is a good thing…

…on humans and animals. When Wells wrote this he knew nothing about DNA, cloning, or chromosomes but he did use his scientific imagination. Wells realized that society was beginning to rely on science too much in the late nineteenth century. He wrote this book…

…In the past few years, genetic engineering and 'cloning' has come a long way. In a 1968 World Encyclopedia, genetics is described as “the science of in-heritance (World Encyclopedia, pg. 84)”, and only refers to the original pea work by Gregor Mendel…

…of stem cells is human cloning. Stem cells have to be transplanted into a patient and as with any transplant there is a risk of the patient rejecting the cells. If a person's DNA could be cloned however, the cells would be a genetic match, no risk of rejection…

…of this in the world today like, abortion, artificial insemination, and in vitro fertilization (U. Penn, 2-3). Finally the last and most recent ethical issue, although not listed as the sixth issue, is cloning. Recently scientists in Scotland cloned a sheep, name Dolly…

…Cristina Lauria 12/30/01 Today, the first cloned human embryos have been announced. Who is to say that only “good” will come from our newfound abilities to clone people and create life? Who says that our “creatures” will be normal…