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Human Cloning: Diseases
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Politicians in Germany have condemned the British Parliament for approving creation of human clones for experimental research into treatments for illnesses such as Parkinson's Disease. The German Government's position is, "To breed a human being only to kill it, disembowel it and impregnate something with it is basically cannibalism." Germany has banned such work, as has France. With high risks of creating a human clone with severe physical handicap - who is going to provide healthcare insurance or medical/legal cover?
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Adult stem cell research provides an ethical and highly promising alternative to human cloning in the effort to cure diseases. Medical progress does not need to come at the expense of destroying some human lives for the potential benefit of others.
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Fifth, since so many people consider the intentional production of human embryos for destruction to be so offensive, many will reject any treatments developed from stem cells derived from clonal embryos. The tragedy here is that all people could benefit from the wonderful benefits of stem cell research if adult stem cells were the exclusive focus of research instead. Such cells can be obtained without loss of human life, and have already successfully been used, for example, to treat brain tumors, fatal blood disorders, and autoimmune diseases.
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Like many other fields of scientific endeavor, cloning may hold untold potential for humankind improving the food supply, fighting disease and saving endangered species. And it's folly to suggest that cloning efforts be halted until these important questions are addressed. It would be almost impossible to squeeze that genie back into the bottle, given the global scale of the research.
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