Clone

 Elizah Laurenceau  Jonathan  Period 3  Sunday, December 05, 2010  __ To clone or not to clone __  Cloning is a complicated process in which another animal or object is being produced and is an identical copy of the original. I would not clone myself because there are many problems that come with a clone. But other people would want to clone themselves because there are some positives to cloning.   Even though there is a lot of negative effects of cloning there are some positive effects too. Such as cloning plants to produce vitamin rich food. For example, if I were to clone and alter an apple to produce iron, vitamin D, and the original vitamins that come with an ordinary apple. And cloning larger vegetables that are thick and the right size will help farmers during growing season. Farmers will receive a greater amount of money for producing larger crops. But not only can plants are being cloned so are animals. Animals that are cloned can help end world hunger. If a lot of animals are cloned then the population of the species will increase. Animals on the verge of becoming extinct will benefit from cloning, and would not endanger. Cloning plants and animals can be good for the environment, people, and different species.   There are a lot of consequences of cloning. Cloning is very expensive and there is a 90% rate of cloning attempt failures. Cloned animals tend to have a higher rate of infections and disorders. Many cloned animals don’t have a long life span, so data on aging clones have not been collected. Due to inefficiency of animal cloning it would be unethical to clone humans. Cloned animals have died prematurely from infection; these same problems would be expected in human cloning. By cloning a person with a disease will help spread the disease faster. Then more people will be infected with this disease. Cloning can cause a lot of problems for humans and animals.   From the negative consequences of cloning I couldn’t want to clone myself. There are too much complications and inefficiencies. I would not want to see or hear of someone that was cloned because I know that the clone won’t survive that long.  "Cloning Fact Sheet." Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 11 May 2009. Web. 03 Dec. 2010. .