Clonning

American University in Bulgaria | The History and Ethics of Cloning | | Cloning is production of offspring identical to its parents. To understand the idea of what is cloning, it is essential to know basic steps of this process. Scientists define seven major steps of cloning. Despite the fact that the science of cloning has become so popular respectively recently, the first experiments date back to 1885. After having created a successful clone of the first mammal, scientists started to think about human cloning. However, many negative issues and controversial arguments arose among society concerning the cloning of human. That is why the goverments of most countries had to ban it or impose a moratorium on it. | Lizaveta Dydyshka SCI - 150a | |

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Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..2 What is Cloning? 2 Major findings…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Steps of Cloning 2 History of Cloning. ..…3 Is Human Cloning Dangerous? Arguments against It……………………………………………………………..5 Is Human Cloning Banned?...................................................................................................8 Conclusion………………………………… ……………………………………………….…………………………………………………8 Works Cited………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. …10

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Introduction What is Cloning? At first people considered cloning as a miraculous type of science. However, it has turned out to be a reality and such words like “clone” or “to clone” are often used in biology today. By definition, a clone can be described as a cell or an organism that is identically similar to another cell or organism. For instance, simple bacteria reproduce themselves by replicating their DNA and then splitting in half. The resulting bacteria from this asexual reproduction are counted as clones of each other, because they are genetically alike. In

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