... forth the building blocks to create entirely new beings to suit human needs. Creating new life forms has been the subject of folklore and science fiction novels for centuries. Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein, of the 19th century, is a exquisite example of science gone haywire, as a monster is constructed much like a patch-work quilt. "When foreign DNA is transferred by genetic engineering to a microbe ... ...

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... cloned organs or give an alternative and safe means of reproduction to sterile couples. The uninformed also look to popular culture instead of facts to argue against cloning. Jurassic Park, Frankenstein and The Island of Doctor Moreau have shown to the majority of American the dark, evil side of genetic engineering. Major breakthroughs of the century in science have occurred and ... ...

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... copies of their predecessors, but merely vessels for the same genes. Environment will have a huge impact on the children" (Arnst 68). But should human cloning be feared as the next Frankenstein's monster of genetic engineering (Colvin 39), or should it just simply be used for another technical device that people could use and take advantage of? Boyce informs that until scientists ... ...

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... have a benefical use for humans. First,let's rediscover the arguments that cloning is against the Will of God. True, cloning conjures up horrific scenes of the Doctor giving life to Frankenstein from inanimate tissue of dead corpses. However, cloning really "creats life from life," not dead tissue. Also, religions that base their doctrines on scriptural text face the problem that nowhere ... ...

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... ? Is it worth the risk to attempt cloning a human being? These questions and many others must be carefully considered. Humans too often err; the cloning experiment seems to like the Frankenstein story. Many a grotesque monster must be born before the true success in cloning will be achieved. It is inevitable that scientists will continue to clone humans and other animals. This ... ...

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