Genetic Engineering: the alteration of genetic code by artificial means.
Topics include: genetic modification of crops, human cloning, etc.
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Human Cloning
Human Cloning: the creation of an embryo using the genetic material from another human being so that it is an identical copy.
The technology can help couples who cannot conceive.
Therapeutic Cloning can help to cure inherited genetic disorders, such as Parkinson's disease.
Some argue that full human rights status is given from conception and the embryo is sacred (created by God, with a destiny given by God and in God's image) and so the removal of an embryo's nucleus is the destruction of a unique being.
Some argue that cloning is acceptable only for embryo research and cloned beings should not be allowed to develop.
There are a number of consequential benefits, such as giving children to childless couples and the curing of degenerative diseases.
However, the is a possibility of psychological and emotional damage for cloned beings.
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Embryo Research
Embryo experimentation has the potential of finding cures for serious illnesses by using tissue or cells from embryos.
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