Benefit Of Cloning

Ever since the cloning od Dolly, the topic of human cloning has reared
itself again. Experts form around the world have offered their opinion on
the topic and its effect on humans. A clone is a
collection of identical organisms that are derived from a single ancestor.
Scientists have been using this process of cloning to genetically engineer
small bits of DNA for years. Cloning brings a lot of benefits from different aspects such as:

PLANTS

The cloning of plants has many applications, not only to agriculture but to
medicine aswell. Herbicide resistant crops, earlier/delayed fruit ripening,
longer lasting fruit and higher yields of crops can be and have been
achieved through cloning.

ANIMALS

The cloning of animals could/can:
1) improve transgenic animals for biotechnology
2) reduce numbers of animals necessary for medical studies.
3) It will be possible to create large numbers of custom-designed transgenic
animals that secrete medically useful human proteins in their milk eg.
human clotting factor and fibrinogen.
4) Cloning can be used to create model animals for research eg. sheep designed
to replicate the effects of human cystic fibrosis

HUMANS

1) Cloning might reveal how the environment within the cells of the early
embryo regulates gene function.
2) Might help combat genetic diseaes by allowing researches to turn off bad
genes and turn on good genes.
3) Allow parents of a young child fatally injured to be cloned should enough
cells be recovered from the body.
4) Grow organs intended for transplant therapy.
5) Aid infertile people
6) Can assess how much environment and genetic makeup interact eg. How much
does environment play in governing intelligence.
7) Alter functions etc of proteins eg. enzymes can be developed on a large scale
with new or improved functions.