Cloning
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Genetic engineering, altering the inherited characteristics of an organism in a
predetermined way, by introducing into it a piece of the genetic material of
another organism. Genetic engineering offers the hope of cures for many
inherited diseases, once the problem of low efficiencies of effective ....
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.... such as the influenza virus, could be
hazardous.
We have come to believe that all human beings are equal; but even more firmly,
we are taught to believe each one of us is unique. Is that idea undercut by
cloning? That is, if you can deliberately make any number of copies of an
individual, is each one special? How special can clones feel, knowing they were
replicated like smile buttons. "We aren't just our genes, we're a whole
collection of our experiences," says Albert Jonsen. But ....
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