Cloning The first cloned living animal was duplicated was in 1996. This animal was a sheep named Dolly. This was in 1996, imagine how far cloning as improved today. Cloning isn’t just for animals though, we could clone organs for people in need. This procedure could improve the medical and science field greatly.
Cloning Dolly, the sheep, was a very precise and intense procedure. The man who accomplished this task was “Dr. Ian Wilmut at the Roslin Institute in Scotland and colleagues used a nucleus extracted from a mammary cell of a six-year-old sheep” (Levine 6). This was a futuristic task completed in 1996 and opened a new door in science. Many asked if we could clone a human or baby? But in 2001 the Bush Administration stated that it is illegal to clone a human embryo in the United States (Burton 7). This doesn’t mean that we can’t research to confirm if it is safe to use on embryos. Kelli Burton states, “Five states, Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, and South Dakota, have passed laws clearly prohibiting reproductive, research, and therapeutic cloning” (9). …show more content…
(“Federal Rules Change as Cloning Techniques Advance”). This allowed scientists to resume their research on this viable topic. This author stated “In October 2011, a team of researchers reported another breakthrough in the cloning field. The team—led by Scott Nogle and Dieter Egli of the privately run New York Stem Cell Foundation in New York City—reported in Nature that they had used cloning techniques to create patient-specific stem cells that were close genetic copies of the cells of the people from which they were derived. However, the cloned cells each contained an extra set of chromosomes, meaning they were abnormal and would not be viable for medical applications” (“Federal Rules Change as Cloning Techniques
Cloning Dolly, the sheep, was a very precise and intense procedure. The man who accomplished this task was “Dr. Ian Wilmut at the Roslin Institute in Scotland and colleagues used a nucleus extracted from a mammary cell of a six-year-old sheep” (Levine 6). This was a futuristic task completed in 1996 and opened a new door in science. Many asked if we could clone a human or baby? But in 2001 the Bush Administration stated that it is illegal to clone a human embryo in the United States (Burton 7). This doesn’t mean that we can’t research to confirm if it is safe to use on embryos. Kelli Burton states, “Five states, Arkansas, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, and South Dakota, have passed laws clearly prohibiting reproductive, research, and therapeutic cloning” (9). …show more content…
(“Federal Rules Change as Cloning Techniques Advance”). This allowed scientists to resume their research on this viable topic. This author stated “In October 2011, a team of researchers reported another breakthrough in the cloning field. The team—led by Scott Nogle and Dieter Egli of the privately run New York Stem Cell Foundation in New York City—reported in Nature that they had used cloning techniques to create patient-specific stem cells that were close genetic copies of the cells of the people from which they were derived. However, the cloned cells each contained an extra set of chromosomes, meaning they were abnormal and would not be viable for medical applications” (“Federal Rules Change as Cloning Techniques