Cloning Research Websites

HUMAN CLONING: SOME ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
-Your job in this WebQuest is to form an opinion as to whether human cloning should be allowed. You will learn what cloning is and how clones are made. You will research the ethical arguments both for, and against, human cloning. You will find out if there are any laws regarding the cloning of humans and what those laws state. You will identify some of the moral issues that accompany the cloning of human beings. Finally, you will form an opinion as to whether human cloning should be allowed.

Resource Web Sites:
What is cloning?
Human Genome Project: What is Cloning

How are clones made?
Cloning 1-2-3: Making a Ewe. Visit this site to learn more about the sheep named Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned, and cloning techniques.

Conceiving a Clone. Go to this site to learn more about cloning and to read a discussion about the ethics of cloning.

Cloning: Issues, Questions and Answers. At this American Farm Bureau site you can find some answers to questions about cloning.
What are some of the legal issues involved in cloning of humans?

Legislation Pertaining to Cloning Human Beings. Go to this site to see what laws govern human cloning in the United States.

Japan to Imprison Cloning Offenders. At this site you can read an article about efforts in Japan to ban cloning of humans.
What are some of the moral and ethical concerns about cloning?

Genetic Engineering and Cloning: Improving Nature or Uncorking the Genie? Visit this site by clicking the start button. The site describes the cloning of Dolly and offers a forum for people to debate the ethics of human cloning.

The Cloning Debate. Go to this article by the Washington Post online to read about the debate over cloning. You can vote in a survey here on whether the United States should ban human cloning. Click on featured story to see other reports on cloning.

Human Cloning: Introduction. At this site, scroll down to find out what cloning is, the history of cloning, and how it is done. You may also read about the moral issues involved with cloning here.


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