Where are the
human clones?
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Imagine
Earth in the future, 100 or 300 or even a thousand years from now.
Among all future technologies, is there a place for genetic cloning technology?
Perhaps
you imagine it as in this image, but for now, it looks completely different.
Although it may look like this in the future, the question is how far away and
at what stage are we now?
But what is a clone, really?
Simply
put, a clone is an organism that is genetically identical to
it’s ancestor. And contrary to the popular belief, cloning is a natural process
that is
present in nature. It occurs in the asexual reproduction of living beings such
as bacteria, plants, and even identical twins.
Long
Research Path Led to Dolly
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Dolly was born on 5th July 1996 and at the age of six
months, Dolly the cloned sheep was presented to the world amid much
controversy. Newspapers proclaimed the scientific community was "in an
uproar"; others said the creation was "anticipated and dreaded"
and the announcement prompted inevitable claims of human cloning being close to
reality.
However, more
than two decades since the sheep's "birth", full human clones are
non-existent and cloning technology has remained, mostly, contained to
scientific laboratories.
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After more than
20 years Shanghai scientists used modern technology developed only in the last
couple of years to enhance the technique used to clone Dolly have created pair
of genetically identical crab-eating macaques. The monkeys are named Hua Hua
and Zhong Zhong.
How is cloning being used today?
While most
cloning techniques are still within laboratories, there is a commercial
industry that exists to produce clones of animals.
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For example, South Korea-based Sooam Biotech
clones pets for around $100,000. One
couple in the UK recently spent £67,000 on cloning their dead dog after sending
the DNA to a company in South Korea. The cloned puppies were shipped to the UK.
US company
Viagen is able to clone horses, livestock – including cows, pigs, sheep, and
goats – as well as pets.They clone cats for $25,000 and dogs for $50,000.
ViaGen has
been operating for 15 years and in that time has "cloned thousands of
animals". It says all the pets it produces are "normal healthy
puppies and kittens".
Many thousands of
cloned mammals have been produced in nearly two dozen species. To date, the
most valuable contribution of experiments has been the scientific information
and insights gained. This information is already helping reduce birth defects,
improve methods of circumventing infertility, develop tools to fight certain
cancers and even decrease some of the negative consequences of aging – in
livestock and even in people. Two decades since Dolly, important applications
are still evolving.
Maybe someday,
science will be capable of protecting
the endangered species and bringing back long extinct ones, such as mammoths
and even dinosaurs. Although at
the expense of dinosaurs, I know at least a few films that show that this is
not a best idea :)
Questions:
1.
Do
you think we can ever clone a person?
2.
Will
it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live
forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
3.
Would
you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
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Comments
I think it would bring more harm than benefits. There were a lot of series and movies about human clones and robots based on humans and how it could affect our life. I highly recommend watching black mirror or westworld.
I would never clone my pet...
Yes, I believe that at one point of time we will be mass producing people for organs at least, but who knows.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
A bit of both while living forever could be tempting I can disagree that everyone should be able to live forever and propably only few people would be able to afford it, while organs are much better we could help more peope than only a simple person.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
No, even if i had a pet that I would love so much I won't feel natural with it, it is maybe the same but truly the same? Geneticly speaking yes, but I wouldn't feel the same with him it would be like cheating on my long dead pet friend.
Yes, I think some day we will able to clone a person. I think this can happend in the distant future, not in the near future.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
In my opinion it will bring only harm, because this is an ingeretion in our circle of life. It is known that we born, live and die and every living creature has the same cricle of life as we, so cloning people or animals for exmaple just to live forever will bring only harm to our world.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
No, I could not do that. I don't like this idea and I would never do that.
2. I think that we will never clone a normally functioning person. As I mentioned, it seems to me that it will be much easier for us to print organs than to grow them several years.Will they harm us? I do not think so. Will we harm the clones when we have to kill them to obtain organs? Every day a lot of living creatures are killed just to eat a good steak.
3. No, I wouldn't I am Catholic, and I believe that every creation is God's creation. Man should not interfere so deeply in nature. In addition, I believe that death can not be avoided, it is simply waiting for each of us and you have to accept it.
I think in far future we will, we already have cloned an animal, why we won't be able to do it with another one mammal animal.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors).
From the ethic part, I think cloning a person is inappropriate. But from the other side, if we can harvest organs that can save lives, or clone scientists, why shouldn't we. This can like improve our life.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
No I won't, I think that if something has happened so it shall be. Furthermore cloned animal wouldn't live the same life as its precessor, so actually it won't be the same. It will be another soul, but in a similar body
2. I think it would be significant interference in human nature and would be unethical. It would strongly change our lifes and the way of thinking. We born, live and die, this is human lifecycle and we shouldn't change it.
3. I wish my pet was unique and as I answered in question two it's unethical so I wouldn't clone it.
1,2. I think it is probable that one day science will enable us to clone a person. Nevertheless, I don’t think that would be a good idea that should be encouraged. I don’t think cloning people while preserving traits of their character would be impossible, and if so, I don’t see any point in doing this. Additionally, I assume it could be hurtful for people related to the “clone”. They would look at someone they know and love but would have a problem with shared memories and feelings.
Additionally, its worth mentioning that scientist are curently working on creating tissues (that would enable replacing human organs) from various plants that have impressively developed "vein system".
3. No, I wouldn’t. I think every one of us is unique and irreplaceable (this also applies to animals) and cloning them seems a bit cruel and selfish to me. In my opinion, the things we value the most both in people and in animals – are their flaws and merits. These are the things that we love them the most for.
I think someday it would be possible, especially if we already can clone animals. Cloning people could be useful mainly for organs in my opinion.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
I think living forever is not a good reason for cloning people as it will probably bring more harm than benefits. But like I mentioned before, cloning for organs could be really useful and could extend our lifespans and lead to healthier life. The other aspect is a moral one - what with all that cloned humans, will they have feelings and be "normal" or will they be just plants.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
I would not do this. I feel like we value things because the fact that everything is volatile. It probably wouldn't be the same even if genetically it would be the same animal. I would have felt strange about it.
2. To be honest it's hard to answer this question. Pros include, for example, striving for immortality (everyone wants to live as long as possible). On the other hand, our planet would quickly overpopulate, which would to sure lead to an ecological disaster.
3. Personally, I'm a big fan of animals. If such an opportunity arose, I would love to "revive" my first dog.
Moving back to question - if technology allows it, i think we will move past ethical dilemma and someone will "clone" human.
We don't have to necessarily make whole clone. You can grow clone organs.
Right now you can artificially grow "cloned" human skin for burn victims.
No. I wouldn't, but not because moral issues but because i think it is dumb. I love my pets, but when they die i will move on and at some point get another pet.
We definitely could but we should not do that. It is just going too far for me and I can't really see a pros of this potential activity.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
Is living forever really that good? I think it could be unbearable after some time and people would eventually stop want to live. About that cloning to harvest - so we should create a new life just to get rid of it shortly after? It seems a little disturbing and unethic to me. The value of life would rapidly decrease in this case.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
No I would not. Despite all the identical genes, it would not be the same pet. Animals and people are all unique in their way. There is much more about the existance than just genes.
Yes, definitely, I think it will be possible, but we're probably still far from it. However, at the current rate of technology development, I suspect that maybe in the next century we will be very close to discovering the perfect human cloning process. All the time, however, there is the question that was raised in the film, what about the personality, beliefs, feelings of a clone of a person, would he think in the same way as the original being, from which he was born?
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
I think cloning people would bring more evil than good. First of all, overpopulation comes to mind. If we assume that clones would live in the same way as we do now, and the cloning trend would be so popular and accessible to everyone, then there wouldn't be enough space on Earth for everyone. However, when it comes to collecting organs from clones, I don't know if it would be ethical, it would probably be banned right away. The theory of eternal life doesn't appeal to me either, because in my opinion, every individual living in the world has its own "I", and no clone, even the most ideal, would be the same.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
Certainly not. This question is strictly related to my answer to the previous one, about the fact that every existence is unique, cannot be reproduced or cannot be cloned, no copy will be as perfect as the original. That's my opinion. Therefore, despite having the same appearance as the cloned animal, it will not be the same animal. I, as the owner, would always be aware of this, and I don't know if such a copy of my favorite would give me peace of mind.
2. Well, as any invention has its advantages and disadvantages, so it can be not only useful. There are very long queues for donation, and cloning would probably solve the problem. But as I understand it, the clone also needs time for growth and development, and this time is not available in organ transplant situations. So I don't know what's better here... Also politicians and influential people will not want to lose power and can use this technology for mercenary purposes.
3. I think not. What is the sense? This is clearly a completely different pet, with its own consciousness, character and perception.
I have a lot of imagination about cloning a person, mostly I reject to clone person, just imagine that someone misses his deceased grandma, and he is going to clone her, yes his grandma will really look the same as before after she will grow up, and different personalities can be accepted by this guy too, but won't it be weird that his grandma will be 20 or 30 years younger than him? And when he will be going to call his grandma's boyfriend grandfather, I think his dad will be going to beat him haha
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
In my opinion, I guess it will bring the world more harm, I would rather make more AI robots than clone more human, because cloning destroys the natural ecosystem, and we can not predict what kind of disaster this will bring us.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
Actually I heard about cloning pets too, because there were some people doing this in my country, one of them even borrowed money from the bank and friends to pay for the cloning when she could hardly afford it, I can tell she love her pet a lot as a real family member. As for me, I think I won't clone my pet until the clone one will have the same character as the old one.
But this does not mean that cloning was stopped at all. It is in full motion, just undercover, illegal. Which makes the whole process even more dangerous and horrible.
2. In my opinion, it will bring more harm. Imagine what will happen if you encounter your clone on a street. Won't you think that something is wrong. Is he you? Or completely different person? It would be hard to answer this question. What's more, it may contribute to the devaluation of human life. If we can clone somebody, do we have to care about his life as it can be recovered by making just another copy? Such possibility gives us too many morally uncertain issues.
3. I wouldn't like to. The animal is not only the outer look, but also some behaviours or feelings that connect us with each other. If such an animal would be cloned, it will never be the same. It wouldn't experience the same with us, so, as experiences create characters, it will never be the same.
I guess the question should be in a way of asking "is it okay tp clone a person" because the scientest was succesfully clone a sheep in 1996 named "Dolly" more details can be found in here ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep) ) so human cloning is also possible maybe not now but in the future the next generations will be able to clone the humans but should they do it really? or should it be available for everyone, maybe some very famouse people that helps to grow humans habitat that could be but imagine that a murderer is cloning himself... we probably rather not to have another problamatic person twice yeah?
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
I have been explained this question on the first comment. lol
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
Certainly no.
I think we can clone a man. However, the question arises about mind and personality. We are not able to define these concepts completely by ourselves, not to mention transporting them outside the body.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
Many ethical questions arise here. On the one hand, acquiring organs in this way would cure many diseases and injuries. However, as humans, we are not created to live long lives and this can lead to unimaginable social inequalities. Where the rich and immortal "gods" lust for a mortal "plebeian".
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
I wouldn't decide to do anything like that. I think that as people we have to endure losses sometimes.
I think this is not a problem. We've already cloned animals so what's the problem with human cloning? But the moral problem would be a tough one for many people. We don't really know if it would be the same man. Would he think identically etc.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
It is difficult for me to comment on this. We don't really know how cloned organisms behave after many years. I think, that breeding organisms only for internal organs would be completely not moral.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
I have my beloved dog and I can't imagine how it will be. I think that even my beloved dog will stay in my heart. And even the cloned one would be practically identical, it will no longer be the same dog by behaviour.
2. In my opinion human cloning is one of the most depatable topic. Some of us refer to it as a disaster while some refer to it as a blessing. I think that this solutions has both pros and cons. On the one hand human cloning can resolve fertility isuess, clones' organs may be used in medicine. On the other hand it can destroy our DNA diversity and this project may be unsuccesfull.
3. No, I won't, because this idea is unethical and opposed to the principals I confess. I would rather take another dog from a shelter.
1. It seems to me it's a matter of time before we clone a man. The question is more such, is such action ethical and moral?
2. It is very hard to answer this question. In some areas it can certainly be useful, e.g. recreating the vision of an accident / tragedy / murder or the aforementioned organ donation. However, by this time the organs will probably be printed in a 3d printer. On the other hand, it can also hurt e.g. terrorist organizations or corruption and other scams.
3. No, I would never decide to clone a pet. Life is one and should be loved and respected.
2. It could be exploited somehow so it should be regulated but it doesn't mean we shouldn't do that. Growing organs would be amazing for medicine for example.
3. I wouldn't feel like it's the same.
1. I think there will be a way to clone a peron. Surely the body, structure and organs, but I highly doubt whether we could clone mind.
2. It is very hard to say. It could surely bring benefits, such as "spare" organs or possible infinite life, but the question is about morality. If we were to clone a human, wouldn't it be a living person? How much would it differ from rising animals for meat.
3. I don't think I would. To me there are some things that should not be touched.
I think human cloning will never be possible. It is only a figment of the human imagination.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
I think it can do more harm than good. Everyone has one life and they should respect it, thinking that you will end. Eternal life can be a threat to others. In addition, it can seriously threaten ecosystem homeostasis.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
No, I would never decide to clone my pet. I find this ridiculous. It disturbs generational harmony and may threaten other species in the world.
2. In my opinion raising a clones to harvest them as organ donors is too complicated. We don't need clones to do that, it's much easier to "clone" or "print" organs outside of the body. If we use cloning this way it would provide huge benefits for us. Organ donors are hard to find while there are many people that need help.
3. I would never do that. If something died, we should leave it this way. Pretending like this is the same animal sounds crazy.
2. I think it would cause more harm than benefits.
3. No, I don't think I would consider that clone as my pet. It's a natural order of things that living beings die. We need to accept it and try to live on.
2. To my mind, it won't cause more harm than benefits because it could help us to invent medicines against diseases like cancer or AIDS.
3. No, I won't clone my pet, because it is unethical for me now. But maybe in the future, I would change my mind.
2. It is a question of human morality and a sense of what life is. Some believe that abortion is wrong, others don't consider the embryo a human yet. The world would surely divide, however, the benefits that we could gain because of it would be marvellous. The sick could be cured, injured could be put together, lives would be longer. I can see that it could be dangerous to our morality, however, maybe there will be a way to clone bodies that won't be self-conscious? Also to clone outside of a woman's womb? The future will answer.
3. No. It wouldn't bring my buddy back, but constantly remind me of the loss I endured.
2. I believe that even if the intentions are good, nothing good will come of it. Many inventions were supposed to be used in a completely different way than they were later used. Even if cloning was possible, anyone would hardly be able to afford it.
3. I think that life is unique because it has a beginning and an end. I wouldn't want my dog to be cloned.
2. I think it will bring more benefits. The issue of cloning and eternal life is well shown in the series 'Altered Carbon' on Netflix.
3. In my opinion, this is an exaggeration. A better idea is to buy / adopt an already born animal, not to "play" cloning.
2.In my opinion even using clones as organs donors is a benefit big enough to give it a try and there is probably a lot more cases like this.
3. No I wouldnt. It just seems to weird for me right now.
2. Each new opportunity brings advantages and disadvantages. There will certainly be a need for legal control over this type of action.
3. I dont't know. I've never thaught about this. Just because a pet will be cloned does not mean that it will behave the same.
2. It is difficult to answer this question. Unfortunately, many helpful inventions can be used to harm someone. For example, even medicines that were created to treat people can kill them if someone wants to. Cloning extinct species of plants and animals can change the ecosystem and only harm nature. From a medical point of view, it would be useful to clone organs. Maybe cloning would help fight infertility, but I know little about it. I want to believe that this technology will benefit if used correctly.
3. No, I wouldn't. At first, it is very expensive. And secondly, why? I can't find the answer to that question.
2. I think that I will bring more harm, because okey it’s fine that we will can produce organs and save lives in this way, but on the other hand I think that nature will find new way to make a natural selection.
3. I am not. Because this pet wouldn’t be the same pet as my pet. It would look like my dog but he wouldn't behave like my dog. He was the only one.
1. I am sure we can. Who knows maybe we can do it ritght now, but it is a secret. If we do not know how to do it already we will figure it out.
2. There is a book called "homo deus" there is a chapter about it. I recommend to read it in free time. I think it will not be available for everyone to clone himself. The reflection is that, the system changes and we are still learning new things. For example, the doctor who has 100 years old when is he going to start working and stop working. The moment of learning thins will take more time and the human live will worth less.
3. No, I wouldn`t do it. There are a lot of dogs which we can adopt and give them new home.
2. I think it can become another slavery.
3. I think it is rather immoral to clone a dog for your satisfaction
I am sure about that. I wouldn't be surprised if there is already a technology or even living clones in the world somewhere. People are just animals which are more complicated then any other species. It is just a matter of time because there are lots and lots of genius people working on this topic.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
World is already having problems with being overpopulated so bringing only more and more artificial people wouldn't help to solve that issue. However, creating artificial humans to harvest organs might not seem as the most ethical thing to do it is beneficial - that for sure.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
I have never had a pet which I've been so bonded with that I would consider cloning it. This whole concept sounds weird but I can imagine people so desperately trying to keep their beloved animals with them forever. Some people consider animals to be their family as much as humans are.
2. I think there are more benefits than disadvantages to cloning, but we need to control it and determine in some way how much we can afford.
3. A difficult question, but I think I would prefer not to clone and, if necessary, embrace another animal that needs it.
I think that in the future we will be able to clone a person, but I’m not sure if it will be common.
2. Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
I don’t really know, I’m not sure about ethics of cloning people. I don’t think that its ethical to clone a person just to harvest their organs, just because it’s DNA are exactly the same it would be a completely different person, not only DNA but also our personality shapes us to a full human being.
3. Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
No I wouldn’t, if it would be an exact clone of my dog, it wouldn’t be the same dog, only it’s DNA would be the same.
2. I think there might be pros and cons of it. But basically it can be somehow useful for example to create some donor organ as you mentioned.
3. No, I think this is not proper of human behavior. I would have statement that every creature even animals and insects they suppose to be unique and that makes them "alive" and valuable as creature!
Unfortunately, I must say that technology is going very much nowadays. If it is already possible to clone animals, for sure at some point it will be possible to clone also people.
2.Will it bring the world more benefits or harm (like clone ourselves in order to live forever, or raise clone to harvest as organ donors)
I think cloning people would do more harm than benefits because this would be not a natural process, everyone should be unique, not objectified. It would disturb the natural life cycle of a person.
3.Would you decide to clone your pet like that couple from the UK?
No, I definitely wouldn’t