In the last century, humanity was confronted with such an outstanding scientific achievement as cloning. In 1966, the world was struck by the successful cloning of a sheep known as Dolly the sheep. Soon after that, many scientists began their research on cloning various animals, as well as humans. However, this scientific interest was quickly halted due to bans imposed by many nations that found the process unethical and violated human rights. Until now, the scientific community has banned cloning or that living organism, and I believe this is the right decision for several reasons.
Many scientists have seen cloning as an opportunity to revive extinct species. However, I do not consider this a necessary endeavor. In my opinion, the revival of extinct species such as mammoths will not lead to anything good but instead to disaster. One can hardly imagine giant creatures like mammoths walking around in the streets instead of the pets we are used to. Such interference in the process of natural selection will only lead to the loss of biodiversity because animals like mammoths will need habitat, a suitable ecosystem, and food. In addition, knowing the selfishness of people, the appearance of such rare animals will lead to an even more significant development of poaching and the popularity of the black market. Fortunately, scientists have concluded that it is almost impossible to revive such ancient animals as mammoths because of the problems with DNA, which will be challenging to recover from the remains of many years. Since they have been subjected to destruction from cold temperatures, scientists have concluded that DNA is a fragile molecule that does not stay intact for long after death.
Scientists also wanted to use the cloning method to grow organs for transplantation. I agree that this idea can be beneficial and works for the good of humanity. However, increasing organs by cloning requires embryonic cells for study, which is unethical. After all, an embryo is recognized as a living organism, and for cloning experiments, embryo cells would have to be killed in the research. It violates all human rights since no one has the right to take someone’s life.
Moreover, this method is not the only one, and there are alternatives that are more ethical and effective ways, such as growing organs from stem cells. Xenotransplantation, or transplanting animal organs into humans, is another method. Therefore, these technological advances indicate that cloning might not be necessary to harness those valuable cells.
Thus, I believe that cloning should be prohibited. After all, this process will lead to biodiversity loss and violate all ethical norms and principles.