Cloning: Uses & Ethics
Within the last few years, talk of bioengineering has exploded from the science world and become part of our everyday lives. From the foods we buy at the grocery store, to the pets we own in our homes, and even our own bodies, we are all affected by the breakthroughs in cloning. The intended use for cloning, and other bioengineering science was to advance medicine, conservation, and food production, making our current methods safer and more efficient. But then came the question: Can humans be cloned? Almost unanimously, the governments of the world said we shouldn't even try (though some scientists still intend to). But since then, people have been questioning the ethics of "playing God" with any of our animals and plants. What do you think?
Super Crops
The idea is to genetically engineer plants to be pest and disease resistant, and cold/heat/drought tolerant by mixing and matching genes from other living things.
Pro 1: Third world countries......
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