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A Guide to Cloning: Techniques and Issues
QL #460
Part I: How is cloning done?
Directions: Use the listed web sites to answer the following questions. Provide the name
and URL address of the web site(s) from which you obtain your information.
1. What is a clone?
2. Outline the procedure by which Dr. Ian Wilmut and his research team were able
to clone “Dolly”.
3. The announcement of the existence and origin of Dolly, the first cloned mammal,
was news breaking. What was so special about Dolly? How did Polly differ from
Dolly?
4. What prevented scientists from cloning mammals before Dolly; in other words,
what limitations or obstacles had to be dealt with before Dolly could be
produced?
5. What is DNA? Why is DNA necessary to create a clone?
6. Describe the three types of cloning. Which type of cloning was used to create
Dolly and other cloned mammals?
7. What is the state of cloning now? That is, what have scientists accomplished, and
what remains to be achieved?
8. How many different animals have been cloned? List examples of each.
9. In your estimation, can scientists clone humans yet? Explain why or why not.
Part II: What are the implications of cloning?
Directions: Use the listed web sites to answer the following questions. Provide the name
and URL address of the web site(s) from which you obtain your information.
1. What are some of the arguments in support of human cloning? What are the
arguments against it?
2. How do the objectives and methods of therapeutic cloning differ from the
objectives and methods of reproductive cloning? Which form of cloning is likely
to have the greatest impact on human medicine? Explain.
3. Are there situations or scenarios in which you think human cloning would be
acceptable? Explain.
4. Should cloning be regulated by the government?
5. What do you think the future of cloning will be? How do you see cloning used (or
not used) in the future?
Part III: What are your views on human cloning?
Based on the research that you have done, write a human cloning policy statement that
addresses your stand on this issue. Justify your position and explain how your policy
would influence cloning research and future applications.
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