es, which is the heart of the cloning process. It is simply irresponsible for scientists to meddle in a field in which they are not completely educated. Because of this lack of knowledge, it is therefore impossible for scientists to predict technical problems that could be associated with the cloning process and its consequences.Some families greatly anticipate the cloning of humans. Many families with sick or dying children believe that if they clone their child when he/she dies, they can relieve their sorrows by bringing their child back to them in the form of a clone. Besides the moral consequences, there are the obvious technical problems. On this topic, Dr. Stewart says, If the child is dying of some congenital or inherited disease then the clone of the child would almost certainly die from [the disease] as well.4 Not only this, but Dr Stewart also brings to our attention the long-term (negative) effects of mass cloning. He says, [Mass cloning] would almost certainly result in a greater degree of homogeneity in that race of people, making them much more prone to some catastrophe like disease or plague that could wipe them out. The secret to human existence lies in variation and that comes from sexual reproduction. The great part of human existence is our individuality and our differences. Cloning will take this away from us. Once we reach a point of extreme homogeneity, there is no way to go back. There will be so little variation in our genes that we will become a race of congruent persons. In addition to the long-term effects of cloning, there may be technical problems during the process of producing clone. A few years ago, a Scottish scientist by the name of Dr. Ian Wilmut came up with a breakthrough that turned the world as we know it upside-down. They succeeded in cloning a sheep from a cell taken from ordinary tissue. 6Dr. Wilmut achieved near perfection in the timing by putting the cells into hibernation; of ...
