Tuesday, 15 May 2012

The Lab Rat


The Lab Rat is a website that features upcoming news and reviews on scientific matters, one of which addresses the issue of human cloning as a review by Chris McCormack.  He talks about futuristic theories relating to human cloning and how it can severely damage the process of evolution since “Evolution relies on the continued ‘mixing & matching’ of different versions of different genes”.

Life Issues

http://www.lifeissues.net/writers/jon/css/css_03clonestemcell6.html


This website is contains articles on “clear thinking about critical issues” which of one is Human Cloning. The article has numerous sections on different sides of benefits and detriments this subject arises. As the article is a submission to The House of Lords Select Committee on Stem Cell Research, it is majorly based on moral values and principles.

Global Change



Global Change is a website owned and maintained by Dr Patrick Dixon, who is a Physician and a Futurist. On this site he has an article that thoroughly explains all the different types of cloning and their benefits and disadvantages. He also has two youtube videos on this page in which he talks about what the cloning industry will achieve in the near future.

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Religious Tolerance.

The religion tolerance is a website about “Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance” and it features a researched page under their treading topics about “Therapeutic Cloning”.  This researched page explains the meanings of various types of cloning and very briefly describes their pros and cons. According to the site, there are three categories of cloning. The first, Embryo Cloning,; this technique consists of a fertilized embryo cell being transferred into a double embryo thus producing identical twins/ triplets. Secondly, Reproductive Cloning; also referred to as Adult DNA Cloning, and thirdly, Therapeutic Cloning; which is used for organ transplants.