Ethics of Cloning

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This paper takes a look at embryonic stem cell research. The paper focuses on cloning and the related moral and ethical issues. The paper first discusses the difference between embryonic stem cell research and adult stem cell research, goes on to discuss the process that is involved in cloning and concludes with a discussion regarding the moral issues surrounding embryonic stem cell research and cloning.

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"There is a difference between embryonic stem cell research and adult stem cell research. "All of our bodies contain stem cells. In research, there are primarily two types of stem cells: embryonic and non-embryonic (also called "adult"). Both types are developmentally flexible. Embryonic stem cells come from five-to seven-day old human embryos. In order to collect these cells, a living, human embryo must be destroyed. [On the other hand,] adult stem cells come from a variety of sources, including skin cells, bone marrow, placenta, umbilical cord blood and body fat. No human lives are destroyed in harvesting adult stem cells," (Earll). Stem cell research has less of a moral issue behind it since it harms no life and seems only to help people. "Currently, more than 70 identified diseases and disabilities are treatable using non-embryonic stem cells, including breast cancer, leukemia and sickle cell anemia. Researchers also have successfully treated patients with Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, heart damage and spinal cord injuries using non-embryonic stem cell sources," (Earll). If one is looking to clone, unfortunately, this can only be done with embryonic stem cells, or as one will learn, after understanding cloning, totipotent stem cells."

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• Multiplicity. Dir. Harold Ramis. Perf. Micheal Keaton. 1996.

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