• Question: do think that cloning it good/ bad?

    Asked by tessa to Chris, Kay, Kerstin, Lorna, Liv on 23 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Kerstin Zechner

      Kerstin Zechner answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      Generally, I think cloning is good. It’s used in research every day and cloning crops more resistent to certain weather can help feed poorer countries. However, cloning of humans and most animals doesn’t really seem to have a point and it needs to be kept in check with stringent laws.

    • Photo: Chris Needham

      Chris Needham answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      I’d like to be able to clone myself! Though I think that would be really weird.

    • Photo: Olivia Hibbitt

      Olivia Hibbitt answered on 23 Mar 2010:

      Hey tessa,

      it depends what type of cloning you are talking about! Reproductive cloning….that’s making clones of individuals…..is probably not a good idea. Reproduction works so well because it produces variation in a population! Reproductive cloning is illegal for humans…..but people are trying it for livestock….which ialso think is a bit of a silly idea!

    • Photo: Lorna Houlihan

      Lorna Houlihan answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      it’s a fab genetic tool that we use in the lab all the time to find things out! but cloning people would be bad I reckon! and I am not sure if we will ever know enough for it to work safely.

    • Photo: Kay Penicud

      Kay Penicud answered on 24 Mar 2010:

      Bad. People should never clone themselves (or their pets; which is what happens in america. very weird!).

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