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Is cloning all wrong? Is cloning all right?<br />
<strong>UNESCO</strong>Module 15: Cloning sheep<br />
People worry about cloning. It is quite a new technique, <strong>and</strong> scientists are<br />
finding new uses for cloning every day. Some may benefit us all; others may bring<br />
problems. Which ones would you allow?<br />
Study the different statements about cloning. Decide which cloning activities<br />
should be allowed, <strong>and</strong> which you would ban.<br />
By dividing up the ceDsof an embryo/ a fanner could produce a whole<br />
herd of identical cattle.<br />
An orchid-growercan done ceDsfrom an orchid toproduce thous<strong>and</strong>s of identical<br />
ordiids:<br />
Scientists could produce agenetically-engineered cow which produced a useful drug in its<br />
milk. Then they could done it just like Dolly: <strong>and</strong> send the copies round the world.<br />
Using the Dolly-cloning technique/ a fanner could done an adult sheep which he has<br />
chosen because it gives a lot of wool milk or meat He would have a Bock of these<br />
valuablesheep.<br />
You could go to a clinic <strong>and</strong> have a few ceDsremoved from your body. These could be<br />
doned <strong>and</strong>grownin a woman's womb toproduce a done of you -or even lots ofdones of<br />
you!<br />
Some couples need help to have a baby-they have a test-tube baby. The embryo could be<br />
divided in two or more/ so that they would have identical twins - or even quadrupletsinstead<br />
ofjust one baby.<br />
CeDs taken from your body could be frozen <strong>and</strong> stored for years. Latet; when you are old.<br />
they could be grown to make tissue which could cure you of a disease/ such asParkinson s<br />
disease.<br />
Medical researchers might discover a mouse that could contract AIDS. It would be useful<br />
for testing anti-AIDS drugs. They could done this mouse <strong>and</strong> have<br />
many dones available for their tests.<br />
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