In 1997 Dolly the sheep was introduced to the world by biologists Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut and colleagues. Not just any lamb, Dolly was a clone. Rather than being made from a sperm and an egg, she originated from a mammary gland cell of another, no-longer-living, six-year-old Fynn Dorset ewe.
With her birth, a scientific and societal revolution was also born.
Some prominent scientists raised doubts; it was too good to be true. But more animals were cloned: first the laboratory mouse, then cows, goats, pigs, horses, even dogs, ferrets and camels. By early 2000, the issue was settled: Dolly was real and cloning adults was possible. Is it ethical doing so and why has there been no organized opposition to it ?
The ethics of this issue will always be debated. The reason why there has not been great opposition to animal cloning efforts is that scientist continue to learn from this process.
I think the main reason for
opposition to cloning is that manipulating the mechanism of creation.
Dear Ali Olfati - I agree with you that there is manipulation but there is not that much activity or laws that prevent such work.
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