Each of these take a different approach to mans constant search for immortality. ... In one experiment done, where DHEA was fed to mice. These mice, who produce very little of this chemical naturally, had an increased life span of up to 40 percent. ... Mice that are fed melatonin live 5 percent longer but are at a greater risk of developing tumors. ... Each of these takes a different approach to mans constant search for immortality. ...
Man has been curious, perhaps disbelieving, fascinated yet apprehensive of the fact that living beings can be created in this manner. ... In 1998 more than 50 mice were reported cloned from a single adult mouse over several generations. ... But neither the mice nor the calves survived long. ...
The Benefits of Cloning Technology What comes to mind when people think about cloning? Probably a movie they have seen before, like The Sixth Day. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a man who is cloned without his knowledge. The clone takes over his life. This is just one fear that people have. But t...
People are repelled by many aspects of human cloning: The prospect of mass production of human beings, with large clones of look-alikes, compromised in their individuality; the idea of father-son or mother-daughter twins; the bizarre prospects of a woman giving birth to a genetic copy of herself, her spouse, or even her deceased father or mother; the creation of embryonic genetic duplicates of oneself, to be frozen away in case of later need for homologous organ transplantation; the narcissism of those who would clone themselves; the arrogance of others who think they know who deserves to be c...
