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This paper examines how human cloning has always been the source of serious debate, raising ethical issues that must not be overlooked. It argues how research and experiments push us toward the reality of cloning and how, in order to face this reality, we should hesitate and consider the effects cloning will have on society. It looks at how human cloning should be considered an unethical practice because, at this point, we cannot be sure of the repercussions and how it is not an exact science. It also puts forward the stance that it degrades humanity and how efforts are being made across the globe to create the first cloned human being without considering the grave consequences.

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"Perhaps the most important point of this debate is Dolly the sheep. Last year, Dolly died a premature death. According to New Scientist Magazine, Dolly suffered from "arthritis - a condition that occurs most often in the elderly," which suggests that Dolly "was aging prematurely" (New Scientist). Although it is still unclear whether cloning or genetics caused the arthritis, many believe it was the cloning. The New Scientist explains the specifics of Dolly's case. In Dolly, certain cells called telomeres were shorter than they should have been when compared to telomeres of other sheep her age. Trivial as it seems, it is important because she was cloned from a sheep that was six years old. In other words, Dolly might have been older than she looked."

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