make antibodies that fight the viruses in the system, which normal HIV suffers cant (Henderson 10). Since the viruses are being fought off, a person infected with HIV could live with the disease for as long as they can naturally live. Hopefully, further research of this topic will be found and finally a cure for this life threatening disease will be available.Imagine if you and your spouse wanted to have a child, but one of you had a genetically inherited disease such as Tay-Sachs. The parent with the disease could clone an uninfected gene and artificially inseminate it. This would make sure that the child would not be in danger of having Tay-Sachs nor would the parents have to take the risk of putting the child in danger. This is am example of a mitochondrial disease. The mitochondria of a cell contain their own DNA, separate from the nucleus. Certain genetic diseases are carried in this separate DNA, inherited from their mother (Future 7). By cloning the mitochondria from another cell, a disease could be prevented in a child that could lead to a decline in the amount of people infected in the future. In order for cloning to be further researched and implemented, government funding needs to be applied for such an expensive matter. The lives of people could be saved in a variety of ways if these ideas of anticancer eggs and HIV vaccinations were worked on. President Clinton put a ban on the use of federal funding for this type of research, which is currently in effect, and urged private sectors to voluntarily follow this example (Herrera 1). He also sent a message to other countries as well. I believe if people are educated in the subject of cloning, they will understand the great need for this research to be available to others. The applications of cloning in medical research will only be available if proper research is done to perfect it. Consequently, scientists need government funding to make it all happen. In o...
