Why do scientists pursue the study of human cloning and stem cells? How can it contribute the future of regenerative medicine?
Many
scientists believe that human cloning is the solution to many diseases and
disorders. By using embryonic stem cells that are gained from therapeutic
cloning, scientists will have the ability to grow tissues and organs in laboratories
that are compatible with the patient ("Cloning"). Therefore, by further studying
and understanding human cloning, many advances and applications could be made
in regenerative medicine field. Another scenario where human cloning is useful is in cosmetic surgery. Plastic and cosmetic surgery can
often cause diseases with the immune system because of the injection of foreign material (Smith). However, with human
cloning, things such as breast implants can be done with tissues that are
identical to the patient. Thus, these cells will be accepted by the body and
not be rejected or cause side effects (Smith). This will be helpful to people
who have been in accidents and have damaged skin or deformed faces (Smith).
In addition, people who have liver or kidney failures could be treated. New clones of these organs could be made and be transplanted to replaced the damaged ones (Smith). Furthermore, by continuing to study human cloning, scientists may be able to discover ways of growing back spinal cords. This would be a miracle for many those who are unable to walk (Smith). Heart disease is another area that human cloning could help with. Heart disease patients could have healthy heart cells cloned to replace the damaged ones (Smith). By doing further research of human cloning, it is possible for scientists to perfect this and make this treatment widely available (Smith). |
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