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Bioethics
Bioethics, which is the study of value judgments pertaining to human conduct in the area of
biology and includes those related to the practice of medicine, has been an important aspect of
all areas in the scientific field (Bernstein, Maurice, M.D.). It is one of the factors that says
whether or not certain scientific research can go on, and if it can, under which rules and
regulations it must abide by. One of the most recent and controversial issues facing our society
today is the idea of cloning. On February 23, 1997, Ian Wilmut, a Scottish scientist, along with
his colleagues at the Roslin Institute and PPL Therapeutics, announced to the world that they
had cloned a lamb, which they named Dolly, after Dolly Parton, from an adult sheep (Mario,
Christopher).
The two share the same nucleic DNA, but differ in terms of their mitochondrial DNA,
which is vitally important for the regulation of the cell. The media and the press ignored this fact,
and thus claimed that Dolly and her "mother" were genetically identical, which sparked a fury of
outcry all around the world. The technique of transferring a nucleus from a somatic cell into an
egg cell of which the nucleus had been removed, called nuclear transplantation, is an extension of
research that had been ongoing for over 40 years.
Up until now, scientists thought that adult cells could not be "reprogrammed" to behave
like a fertilized egg and create an embryo, but the evidence obtained by Dolly's success prove
otherwise. The issues of cloning have been around for a long time, starting with the publication of
Joshua Lederberg's 1966 article on cloning in the American Naturalist, and the publics interest
has been perked by many sci-fi books, films, and movies including Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel
"Brave New World," 1973's "Sleeper," the 1978 film "The Boys from Brazil," and...
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