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The controversy over cloning stems from an uninformed public.
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The controversy over cloning stems from an uninformed public. Cloning does have the potential to be used for bringing back exact genetic copies of deceased peoples and picking genetic traits in unborn children, but these are not practical or ethical applications. The ability to recreate the early stages of the human developmental process allows scientists to access certain cells that are not present in a fully developed human. These totipotent, multipotent, and pluripotent cells have the ability to generate forms of tissues with the same DNA as the donor. The ability to recreate certain cells or tissues opens to doors to many life saving and disease curing techniques. If human cloning is made legal for select purposes it could help cure diseases like diabetes, leukemia, kidney failure, and revolutionize the world of medicine. A Short History On Cloning There are two ways in which an embryo can...
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