What is Cloning - Is it Right or Wrong?
On July 5, 1996, a sheep named Dolly was born in the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dolly was the first clone of a mammal from an adult cell. Dolly was not, however the world's first attempt at cloning, which began at the beginning of the century. (10) The birth of Dolly also introduced the birth of the possibility of another idea: the cloning of human beings This gave rise to controversy and the question of whether cloning humans was morally right.
There are two different methods or ways to clone. One way is known as embryo cloning, which is also known as 'artificial twinning' because it resembles the process in which twins develop. "Human embryo cloning starts with a standard in vitro fertilization procedure. Sperm and an egg cell are mixed together on a glass dish. After conception, the zygote (fertilized egg) is allowed to develop into a blastula (a hollow mass of cells). The zygote divides first into two cells, then four,......
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