On July 5, 1996, a sheep named Dolly, was successfully cloned using somatic cell nuclear transfer. What does this have to do with cloning human body parts? Well it may be that humans and animals are both mammals, but it is actually how it is cloned. Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) to be exact. It may sound like a great idea, but many people have moral issues with it. Some reasons why others would like it are, it is safer and easier than transplants, it could help cure diseases, shows other countries how advanced America’s technology is, it can help save lives, by cloning stem cells and finally there may not always enough body parts. The cloning of human body parts should be
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Whether you choose that they could use any part of you or just the ones specified, problems start to hatch. One of the bigger problems is cost. It can cost around 187,00 for a heart or lung transplant. Not including the cost for a stay in the ICU. Other problems consist of different blood types, rejection of the organ or body part and death while surgery. Like stated above, a problem that occurs more often than none, is that the body rejects or attacks the organ. The immune system recognizes that the organ has different cells, and starts to attack it. This is obviously a major problem, that could easily be fixed of the cloning of organs and human body parts. Although this is the easier and more cost effective option, many don’t like the fact that embryos are used in this process. It is a valid option, but it would be the smarter to clone instead of transplants. Another issue that cloning could fix, are human diseases. Around 36 million people each year die from disease. One of the major problems in third world countries, is disease. If we allow …show more content…
Such as, how does Lupus effect the brain, while the other organs are dying? This is a more comfortable or ethical way to test on organs, then cutting someone up and testing on them. Another way to help eliminate diseases, is to test medicine on organs that is already infected. This would be a safer and yet again more comfortable way to test on organs. The last way, is to infect healthy, cloned organs and put them under tests and such to see how long it could survive in certain conditions and what it would do under those conditions. By using cloning as a way to help prevent and treat diseases, it could save the lives of thousands who live with diseases everyday. Cloning organs to help fight diseases, seems like a great idea, but it needs to be taken into consideration that, the only reason for the cloning of the organ, is to test on it. Many people don’t feel comfortable with that, so that is where there might be a problem. But it’s still a great idea to clone organs, to help prevent diseases. A more political reason for the cloning of human body parts, is that is shows
Whether you choose that they could use any part of you or just the ones specified, problems start to hatch. One of the bigger problems is cost. It can cost around 187,00 for a heart or lung transplant. Not including the cost for a stay in the ICU. Other problems consist of different blood types, rejection of the organ or body part and death while surgery. Like stated above, a problem that occurs more often than none, is that the body rejects or attacks the organ. The immune system recognizes that the organ has different cells, and starts to attack it. This is obviously a major problem, that could easily be fixed of the cloning of organs and human body parts. Although this is the easier and more cost effective option, many don’t like the fact that embryos are used in this process. It is a valid option, but it would be the smarter to clone instead of transplants. Another issue that cloning could fix, are human diseases. Around 36 million people each year die from disease. One of the major problems in third world countries, is disease. If we allow …show more content…
Such as, how does Lupus effect the brain, while the other organs are dying? This is a more comfortable or ethical way to test on organs, then cutting someone up and testing on them. Another way to help eliminate diseases, is to test medicine on organs that is already infected. This would be a safer and yet again more comfortable way to test on organs. The last way, is to infect healthy, cloned organs and put them under tests and such to see how long it could survive in certain conditions and what it would do under those conditions. By using cloning as a way to help prevent and treat diseases, it could save the lives of thousands who live with diseases everyday. Cloning organs to help fight diseases, seems like a great idea, but it needs to be taken into consideration that, the only reason for the cloning of the organ, is to test on it. Many people don’t feel comfortable with that, so that is where there might be a problem. But it’s still a great idea to clone organs, to help prevent diseases. A more political reason for the cloning of human body parts, is that is shows