approximately 5:00 p.m.‚ a sheep named Dolly entered the world. Dolly was a genetically engineered clone from the cells of an adult six-year old sheep. The process‚ known as nuclear transplantation‚ was created by a team of scientists led by Dr. Ian Wilmut at Roslin Institute in Roslin‚ Scotland. Dolly was indeed a miracle that would possibly open the scientific doors to human cloning and advances in medicine and biological research. Contrary to popular belief‚ cloning has been in existence prior
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Cloning‚ this word only spoke up in science fiction movies‚ many now also be the subject of a documentary. This same one word that for some evokes the dream of a life time a huge leap is scientific world‚ or a lab miracle is synonym of immoral and unorthodox beginnings for other. It has in fact triggered debates among researchers‚ ethicists‚ and politicians all over the world. The ethical controversy over any future experiments that involve the cloning of human beings -- which has NOT occurred
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often weaker than the originals‚ and commonly suffer from a wide array of diseases and detrimental conditions‚ including pulmonary fibrosis‚ weakened immune systems and other birth or growth defects. Dolly the sheep‚ created by Professor Ian Wilmut‚ was the first mammal successfully cloned from and adult cell using nuclear transfer methods. (Foster‚ 10) As information has been gathered over the years and cloning has
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somatic cell‚ using nuclear transfer and it was named Dolly [1]. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut‚ Keith Cambell‚ and some colleagues. She was born on the fifth of July in 1996 and she lived until she was the age of 6. She has been called “The Worlds Most Famous Sheep” by BBC news [1]. Overall Dolly was a clone or a biological twin of her mother and she had a pretty unique life. The way Dolly was created is that Wilmut and his colleagues transplanted a nucleus from a mammary gland cell of a Finn Dorsett
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Human Cloning Doctor Jerome Kassirer once said‚ “I’m willing to hold off completely on any kind of human cloning‚ but I’m not willing to hold off on research that could yield enormous therapeutic benefit.” Human cloning is a controversial topic in science and medicine. While some are all for human cloning‚ others disregard the idea all together because they see the con’s before they can understand the major advantages of pros. But what exactly is human cloning?
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Electronic Revolution "The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty‚ and all forms of human life." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy As scientists continue to piece together nature ’s mysteries of science‚ and as technology is becoming the dominating force in numerous areas worldwide‚ there is often a crucial piece of the puzzle that goes missing: responsibility. Though many people praise the abundant benefits of modern
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* INTRODUCTION: The world of science and the public at large were both shocked and fascinated by the announcement in the journal Nature by Ian Wilmut and his colleagues that they had successfully cloned a sheep from a single cell of an adult sheep (Wilmut 1997). Scientists were in part surprised‚ because many had believed that after the very early stage of embryo development at which differentiation of cell function begins to take place‚ it would not be possible to achieve cloning of an adult mammal
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The technical definition of cloning is to make a identical copy of but in biology it can be defined as the “process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria‚ insects or plants reproduce asexually.” Cloning has been making progress for just over one hundred and thirty years. In 1885‚ researcher by the name of Hans Adolf Edward Dreisch began the theory of cloning ny performing the first-ever demonstration of artificial
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Dolly (sheep) From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search [pic] |Dolly (sheep) | |[pic] | |Dolly’s taxidermized remains | |Other appellation(s) |6LL3[code name] | |Species |Domestic Sheep‚ Finn-Dorset | |Sex
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successfully cloned sheep was announced. Dolly has redefined the meaning of "identical twin"; not only does she look exactly like her mother she also has the same genetic make up. This experiment was not only impossible but unthinkable. Yet‚ Dr. Ian Wilmut revealed Dolly on February 23‚ 1997‚ at seven months old ( Travis 1). On the surface genetic engineering may appear to be the solution to all of society’s ills and the worlds problems. In all actuality it may have tremendous and unknown side effects
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