Shortly after the announcement that British scientists had successfully cloned a sheep, Dolly, cloning humans has recently become a possibility that seems much more feasible in today's society. The word clone has been applied to cells as well as to organisms, so that a group of cells stemming from a single cell is also called a clone. Usually the members of a clone are identical in their inherited characteristics that is, in their genes except for any differences caused by mutation. Identical twins, for example, who originate by the division of a single fertilized egg, are members of a clone; whereas nonidentical twins, who derive from two separate fertilized eggs, are not clones. (Microsoft® Encarta® 97 Encyclopedia). There are two known ways that we can clone humans. The first way involves splitting an embryo into several halves and creating many new individuals from that embryo. The second method of cloning a human involves taking cells from an already existing human being and......

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1. Cloning
   

   cloning. According to MSN Encarta (2009), cloning is a process of creating an exact
   copy of a single gene, cell, or organism. ... Cloning. (2009). In MSN Encarta. ... ...

2. The Mystery Of Cloning
   

   The Mystery of Cloning. Cloning Cloning humans is banned in 23 countries. ... Other
   advocates of human cloning believe that cloning involves risks of abnormalities. ... ...

3. Human Cloning
   

   Human Cloning. Human Cloning Human cloning is one of the most talked about issues
   of today. ... In 1903 cloning was introduced, by cloning plants. ... ...

4. Cloning
   

   Cloning. Cloning Cloning is the process of creating a genetic duplicate of an
   individual. ... Imagine a world in which cloning is permitted and practiced. ... ...

5. The Two Faces Of Human Cloning
   

   The Two Faces of Human Cloning. The Two Faces ... of cloning humans. President Bush
   strongly supports legislation banning all human cloning. ... ...