The Is The Most Practical Way Of Reproductive Cloning

Young Nguyen Tamara Nicoll Honors Freshman English 14 March 2015 Title For thousands of years, humans have been some sort of virus to Earth, destroying habitats, and causing millions of different species to go extinct, for example, the dodo. After all of the destruction we caused, scientists have found a way to reverse it, to a certain extent. The fantasy of bringing back extinct species is now a reality. There have been cases of scientists successfully bringing back an extinct species. Cloning for de-extinction should be widely accepted, scientist proper tools, good reasons, and they have already cloned a few species. There are a few ways in which cloning can be achieved, one of which is somatic cell nuclear transfer, SCNT. SCNT has become the most practical way of reproductive cloning. Although the success of somatic cell nuclear transfer is very low, 0.1% - 0.5%, the few successes in cloning have been with the use of SCNT. Somatic cell nuclear transfer is a technique that transfers the nucleus of a cell into the cytoplasm of another cell which has n o nucleus. Once inside the egg, the nucleus is reprogrammed by egg cytoplasmic factors to become zygote nucleus, a fertilized egg. Since the nucleus holds all the DNA, or the directions for life, the cell will proceed to grow into the organism of which the nucleus came from. Scientists needs more than just a method of cloning to bring back an extinct species. They need an intact DNA strand, and the longer a species has beenShow MoreRelatedEthical Justification Of Moderate Hesc Policy1601 Words   |  7 Pagesof research on spare embryos from IVF as opposed to their disposal, and one that allows for the use of Nuclear Transfer for the purpose of therapeutic cloning as long as the eggs are obtained from willing donors, though a policy that does not permit the production of human embryos strictly for research besides in the context of therapeutic cloning. 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