Should Research on Human Cloning be banned?

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Rupali said:   1 decade ago
Cloning is unethical. We don't have any right to play with God's creation. Cloning is the means of opposing laws of nature by bringing back friends, relatives or pets who have passed away by cloning an identical copy. I don't think that laws would ever be passed to ban human cloning.
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Vibhor said:   1 decade ago
The main motive of cloning is not regenerate the human, but the body parts of human body. Stem cell are being cloned so that any human part can be reproduced if needed.

This is rather a medical achievement which we should be proud of No mass killing, no environmental harm then why to stop this much significant research technology where other research is taking place which is neither ethical nor environment friendly (animal killing etc. ).
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Himani said:   1 decade ago
Cloning have its both advantages and disadvantages but think about its benefits it will be helpful for our nation. Suppose a clone die then even we are having real person but when a person dies then how much it give us grief. So it must not banned because every time science have prove itself best and it will not make us sad. Yes I know that it is against the human law and god's creation but it will save the land of god.
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Shanks said:   1 decade ago
Researches and ethics are always counter to each other but it is also true that both are important for the betterment of the society. As on the research on human cloning, my point is that it should not be banned but it should be done by keeping ethics in mind. It is true that to clone the human is as to interfere in the the work of God, but we can not stop researching by keeping this in mind. Research is always necessary and human clone will definitely give a new light ot research. We can't forget that Gallelio was sacrificed on the point to interfere in god's work but later it was found that he was right.

Scientist should work keeping all points in mind.
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Walterchang said:   1 decade ago
I support reproductive human cloning but we should make law about reproductive human cloning. It is a new field of mankind. It is like twin brother or twin sister who is born later a few years. Because sooner or later we would explore outer space by reproductive human cloning.
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Ayan said:   1 decade ago
As a student of science I cannot say to ban cloning. Because from the research of cloning a new direction of science will be invented by which we can terminate various deathly disease. But the application of cloning should be stopped. Because if cloning is not banned every person in this world will be immortal which is not acceptable.
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Sagar said:   1 decade ago
All matter is composed of basic elements. Science calls them enzymes, atoms and molecules. Certain molecules react in a particular way to produce certain reactions.

This is an undisputed fact.

If in a possibility that, man can ever make those molecules behave exactly as NATURE did it in its course of billions of years of evolution, then is it not a wonder?

Clonning is not a boon or curse in itself. It all comes down to who uses it for what and how it is recieved by the masses.

Clonning of humans is a far distant goal yet to be realized. As a science may not be banned in my opinion.
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Mohit Israni said:   9 years ago
Yes, human cloning should be banned because of several disadvantages like,

1. This research process need huge amount of money and man power.

2. Due to cloning there is exploitation to mankind and others.

3. There are chances that the clone developed be immature or created with defect which can harm both to society as well as to the clone himself.

4. And second if that clone development then what is the guarantee that he can live life without any defects in future and if its death span is early than the one who would have adopted that clone will also get hurt emotionally.
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Shishir said:   8 years ago
Yeah human cloning should be banned.

Research and development is good thing but it could not beyond the limits so that it start affecting the nature rules.

Human cloning can leads to many crimes.
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Sri Indumathi said:   6 years ago
The first thing that pops into our mind after hearing the word "Human Clones" is a creepy eerie sci-fi movie that would be a blockbuster. We always fear the unknown. Just because scientists research on human cloning doesn't mean that they would create a photocopy machine and fill the world with clones any time soon.

I won't say that the ethical issues arising in this field are a mad man's mind but I can assure you that Research on cloning doesn't always mean creating a whole living human who is developed to be treated like a lab rat.

Artificial embryos are done in a petri dish and it need not be injected into a mother. These embryos hold immense potential that could be the answer to life. The stem cells in these embryos is the key to cure cancer or neuronal diseases. As a biotechnologist, I believe that the study on cloning should be strictly monitored and laws must be enforced for the monitoring purpose and not for banning.
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