What is “human cloning”? What problem may be caused by human

cloning?

With the techniques of human cloning developed, public debate about ethical, social and legal issues raises and there are several possible scenarios of reproductive techniques.

Three of several plausible scenarios mentioned in this article：Three of several plausible scenarios mentioned in this article：

An ethical question A legal question A social question

Biologically related child Couple with genetic disease Tissue or organs transplantation

The development of cloning poses a social debate about ethical issues and individual welfare with the birth of Dolly.

Vocabulary ewe [ju] feasible [ˋfizəb!] welfare [ˋwɛl͵fɛr]

The gene-select techniques for a responsible couple interested in rearing healthy offspring should take into account the benefits and any potential harm.

Vocabulary rear [rɪr]

Reproductive techniques which is the most likely uses of cloning creates the law against abused situation like selling cloning children.

Vocabulary entrepreneur [͵ɑntrəprəˋnɝ]

United Nations

Australia

United States

Cloning is most likely to be sought by couples who can not or do not want to conceive a child since cloning a human being require lots of things and people.

Vocabulary consenting [kənˋsɛntɪŋ] enucleate [ɪˋnjuklɪ͵et]

herald [ˋhɛrəld] menagerie [məˋnædʒərɪ] nagging [ˋnægɪŋ] leery [ˋlɪrɪ] advent [ˋædvɛnt] play down commerce [ˋkɑmɝs] moratorium [͵mɔrəˋtorɪəm] interim [ˋɪntərɪm] scrutiny [ˋskrutnɪ] panel [ˋpæn!] consortium [kənˋsɔrʃɪəm] apt [æpt]

Synthetic cell heralds a potential new era in biology.

social and ethical problems ： Law and public safety A turning point between man and

nature scientific question ： An organism with a synthetic genome

or a truly synthetic organism

commercial advantage ： Breeding industrial life forms that can

secrete fuels, vaccines or other commercial products

Environmental protection ： Environmental groups call for a global

moratorium on synthetic organism. Catholic and Protestant groups ： There was some support ： It is very

much within divine mandate that we do these things.

The first plausible scenario ： Couples who are infertile make their

own DNA and egg fused to have a child biologically related to them.

vocabulary plausible [ˋplɔzəb!] anonymous [əˋnɑnəməs] gamete [ˋgæmit] gestate [ˋdʒɛstet]

The second plausible scenario ： Couple at high risk of having offspring

with a genetic disease might choose to clone one of themselves, another family member or the first baby.

Vocabulary prenatal [priˋnet!] preimplantation [pri͵ɪmplænˋteʃən] discard [dɪsˋkɑrd] in line with prevail [prɪˋvel] kinship [ˋkɪnʃɪp]

The third plausible scenario ： Couple might conceive or clone the

older baby to obtain tissue or organs for transplantation.

Vocabulary coital [ˋkoɪt!]

My sister’s keeper

What will you do if you were Anna?

Do you think cloning right or wrong? How about cloning human being? Why?

Are you in favor or against cloning human being? Why?