Cloning has a few positive uses, but we need to be careful to use this dangerous ability responsibly and not let ourselves get carried away. Therapeutic cloning is an example of a good use for cloning. For people who are waiting lists for organ transplants, cloning could be the answer to their prayers. In this type of cloning, cells are taken from the person's body and then used to grow whatever type of organ is needed. Since the cells are from the actual person, the new organ will not be rejected by the body. In the future, people with spinal injuries may be able to make full recoveries due to therapeutic cloning. Another use of cloning that could be beneficial is the cloning of food. From the mass production of fruits and vegetables to meatier chickens, cloning food could potentially help to solve the world hunger process. However, scientists need to be very careful that harmful genetic mutations do not occur to our food in the cloning process.
Cloning also has some uses that could be harmful to our planet and are morally wrong. Cloning pets to try to bring them back is completely wrong. It won't be the same pet; people need to learn to let the other pet go, not replace them. Cloning endangered and extinct animals to bring them back would also not be a good idea. Extinction is part of nature, and our planet may become overcrowded if we keep bringing back extinct species. Also, if the species has died out because its habitat has been destroyed, it would have to live in captivity since it would have no where to go. The most dangerous and immoral form of cloning is reproductive cloning. Being able to genetically alter these clones to create a "super human" would be a huge mistake. It is just like what Hitler wanted to do in World War II. Scientists who are experimenting with cloning humans are messing with things they do not fully understand and the consequences could be dire. If people can't have children, they should adopt instead of creating a clone of themselves.
Cloning has its good side and its bad. Therapeutic cloning and cloning of food are both very useful . We as humans all need to be careful about how far we let cloning go. Clones should not be used as replacements for lost pets or loved ones, and we should definitely ban human reproductive cloning.
