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A 5 page paper that explains the process of nuclear transfer, or non-transgenic cloning, and how this process is currently being used on animal subjects. Also discussed are the controversy that surrounds this issue and the questions this procedure presents in the areas of humanity, ethics, and necessity. Arguments presented by both advocates and opposition are included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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There is but the barest of movements in the muscles of his arm as he carefully maneuvers the instrument held in his left hand, an instrument that somewhat resembles the
joysticks used in popular gaming systems. This is no joystick, however, but instead an advanced microsurgical tool, and the surrounding laboratory exists not in Marios Mushroom Land but instead
within the University of Massachusetts. The name of this game is cloning, and the object is to create life rather than destroy it, in this case the life of
a calf (Cohen B27). This process, called nuclear transfer, has been researched and practiced on cattle for the past fourteen years in an
attempt to produce a hardier and more productive breed (Cohen B27). The process involves harvesting cells from the body of the hardier animal, or donor, and eggs from the
body of the surrogate, or the animal chosen to incubate the embryo. Following the removal of the nucleus from both cells, the DNA material that was removed from the
donors cell is injected into the emptied egg cell of the surrogate. Both cells are then fused into one through electrical stimulation, which activates the division and growth of
the cell (The Korea Times PG). The fused cell is incubated briefly then implanted in the surrogate animal. If successful, the result will produce a calf that is
an exact genetic copy of the donor. This process, known as non-transgenic cloning, has developed over the past three decades amid a cloud of controversy that seriously questions the
humanity, ethics, and necessity of its use (PG). II. The Issues and the Arguments The first issue that was brought under fire by parties opposing the practices of animal
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