Jarrett M., Genetic Research, period 6, about 16 slides

1. Jarrett Morley Per.6 Organ Cloning

2. Basic Principals of Genetics If there is a dominant allele, and a recessive allele, the dominant trait will always appear. But if the cell is co-dominant, both traits show up. The process which shows us what traits the offspring will have is called a punnett square.

5. Genetic Disorders Some of the most common genetic disorders are… Hispanic, Southern European, Middle Eastern, Indian, Sephardi Jewish Beta-Thalassemia All ethn All ethnic groups Cystic Fibrosis Fragile X Syndrome Spinal Muscular Atrophy African American Sickle Cell Anemia Beta-Thalassemia Asian Alpha-Thalassemia Beta-Thalassemia

7. Why am I for Organ Cloning? I am for Organ Cloning because it gives people who have lost a organ, like a kidney, or a liver, a chance to live. Say someone has a kidney failure, then they would need a kidney. But how would someone get that kidney? There are a few options. You could get a kidney from a dead person (has to be immediately after death), or you could get a kidney from a person or a animal that has been cloned, unless someone donates one of their own. A person can survive on one kidney, but not for very long.

8. What Can Organ Cloning Do? Organ cloning does not strive to make whole humans. Instead, it makes embryos as a source of embryonic stem cells for therapeutic purposes. Because embryos can grow into any body cells, they might be cultured into nerve cells, skin cells, even hair follicles for the bald. The obvious use of Organ cloning would be treating deadly diseases like diabetes and Parkinson's, where a specific type of cell or organ has died. Most cloned organs are used for organ transplants. You can donate a organ when you die.

9. How Long Does Organ Surgery Take? A bright side of the Organ Surgery is that, it doesn’t hurt at all. The surgery takes less than twelve hours, and you get given a pill, so you are “asleep”. Really, when you take that pill, all it really does is numb your body. So you can’t feel a thing. But you really are “asleep”.

10. What’s Wrong with It? Even though some people think Organ Cloning is good, other people have other ideas. “ On one hand, you have the sector in the organ cloning ethics debate that says human personhood starts at conception. Thus, cloning that results in the creation and the destruction of a pre-embryo is similar to killing a human being itself. The rationale is that when the pre-embryo is planted inside a woman’s uterus, it has a one in four chance of developing into an infant.” – StudioPress

14. My Conclusion Should Organs be cloned or shouldn’t they? Is it right, or is it wrong? Will it always work, or won’t it? I am FOR organ cloning, because it gives people a chance to live, do things they couldn’t do when they had a injured organ, and to enjoy the rest of their life. Why end it there and then, when they might be able to live? Go for organ cloning! Go, Go, GO!!

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