Human Cloning is Beneficial to Society

Human cloning is no longer a dream in the wake of the birth of the first cloned sheep, Dolly, in 1996. Since that moment, not only the scientists in the field of biotechnology, but also the people over the whole world, have focused their attentions on whether humanity should be cloned or not. Undoubtedly, human cloning has already become the most controversial issue for a period. But seemingly, people haven’t got tired of the endless debates on this topic. From my viewpoint, the most crucial consideration during the debate is if human cloning can bring about good more than harm to society or not. And I think human cloning has done the former.

Apparently, one of the well-known benefits brought about by human cloning is medical advance. Once a cell is duplicated using the genetic materials derived from its host, the cell can acts as a primary cell which are capable of dividing and differentiating into specialized cells such as liver cells as well as nerve cells, and then develop into some kinds of vital organs. This sounds incredible, in particular to those who long for transplants to prolong their lives, or to restore their locomotory ability, for instance, by the installation of a new spinal cord. Apart from this, during the process of nurturing the cloned embryo, scientists can extend their scope of knowledge about the mysterious causes and mechanism of certain fatal and incurable diseases like Parkinson’s disease, cancer and AIDs. On the basis of such precious scientific discoveries, scientists are able to explore more ways to combat the diseases above afflicting millions of innocent people and save their lives. Furthermore, According to many scientists’ statements, the ageing process could be hindered if human cloning proceeded successfully. This means a 50-year-old man could look like an active youngster aged 25 with no any wrinkle on his face, and the impractical dream of extending the average lifespan of humanity to 120 years could ultimately become reality. I really want to ask the opponents if they have taken such a broad range of advantages into account carefully before making any objection?

Usually, the opponents dismiss human cloning in fears of the improper applications of human cloning on reproductive purposes. They are worried that certain ambitious terrorists would replicate themselves so secretly that their clones could inherit their goals and carry on doing evil after their deaths. If this became reality, peace would vanish from the world. Yes, no one can deny the possibility of this disastrous outcome induced by human cloning. Nevertheless, are they just a group of sensitive people overwhelmed by the exaggerated fears of the potential impacts of human reproductive cloning which may not come true at last? Why don’t they think of the considerable scientific advances would be resulted on condition that talented, intelligent and creative scientists like Einstein were replicated by harnessing cloning technology. Provided that your beloved was dead in a traffic accident and your can’t endure the grief, would you adopt the cloning technology to make your beloved alive again? Your answer must be “yes”! So, Could those opposed to human cloning because of exaggerated fears shut their mouth up? Their fears are merely their childish imagination merely.

Another group of opponents to human cloning argues that human cloning techniques are so premature that a range of abnormalities of the cloned ones cannot be avoided. Right, what they claim is not erroneous. Accordance with the example they quoted, the first cloned sheep, Dolly, is the only exceptional case of success among 277 embryos while the rest either fails to develop or is born with a series of deformities. Even so, Dolly is discovered to have arthritis (a disease of premature ageing). Therefore, it is reasonable that more serious problems may arise for complicated human beings. Yet, success comes from continual attempts. As similar as other great scientific breakthroughs, a heap of obstacles should be eliminated before the experiment had paid off. For example, if people in 1970s had banned vitro fertilization because of fears of commercializing human reproduction, millions of people would have not existed now. Therefore, if such sorts of abnormalities are inevitable if human cloning have to go on. But, while the fruit reaps, the highly considerable benefits would entirely outweigh the impacts.

Every scientific breakthrough can be either constructive or destructive to humanity. It greatly depends on people ‘s attitudes towards it, whether they use it for good or evil. As long as all nations on the Earth reach consensus on strictly controlling the use of human cloning, human cloning will only do more good than harm.

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