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Professor Zavos and his supporters
of cloning feel that with the careful continuation
of research, the technological benefits of cloning
clearly outweigh the possible social consequences.
In their minds, final products of cloning, like
farm animals, and laboratory mice will not be the
most important achievement.
The applications of cloning they
envision are not nightmarish and inhumane, but
will improve the overall quality of science and
life. Cloning will help to produce discoveries
that will affect the study of genetics, cell development,
human growth, and obstetrics. Human cloning is
not the issue, it is merely a threat to the continuation
of cloning research. From the reproductive point
of view, in in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a doctor
often implants many fertilized ova (embryos) into
a woman's uterus and counts on one resulting in
pregnancy. However, some women can only supply
one egg.
Through cloning, one can increase
the number of the embryos at transfer and that
could increase implantation and pregnancy rates.
Dr Zavos thinks that life is good and precious
and we should pass it on! |
