Cloning and Genetically Engineered Children

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Cloning and Genetically Engineered Children

• Miranda Dupre

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Cloned Cat, BelievableGlowing Cat,
StunningCloned Cats That Glow, Indescribable

• Cloning is something complicated and could go
  horribly wrong, but for these kittens things have
  gone horriblybright?
• These kittens were cloned by South Korean
  scientists on December 13, 2007. These exotic
  cats only glow this reddish color (as seen below)
  when they are under ultraviolet light.
• Scientists have been able to clone cats for six
  years and now they can make glowing kittens.
  Scientists can actually make pigs and mice glow
  also.
• I bet you are wondering why they want weird
  glowing animals. Scientists experiment with
  cloning because the more they learn about cloning
  the closer they can get to doing amazing things
  with it. They need to know the risks of cloning
  before they can use it on humans.

Glowing Kitties Rule!!!
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Possibilities of Cloning Medical Reasons

• Scientists can use cloning for helpful things
  like curing diseases.
• In theory doctors can clone someone who has a
  disease and try to cure the clone before they
  operate on the actual human.
• This is good because instead of having a 25
  chance of living through surgery, you could have
  a 100 chance of living.
• When doctors operate on a clone, the same
  successful surgery can be performed on you .
• This is also good because scientists can clone
  someone with cancer and try to cure it. The
  possibilities are endless!

FIGHT CANCER!
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CC Has Kittens

• CC stands for copy cat. She was the first cat
  ever successfully cloned and she has had kittens.
  
• CC had 3 kittens in September of 2006. This
  mother cat had no problem giving birth, which
  means no test tubes.
• Two of her offspring resemble her, but one took
  after his father. The kittens father is a
  naturally-born tabby cat named Smokey.
• CC was created in 2001 and is still doing fine,
  as well as her kittens.
• LOOK AT THE CUTE KITTIES (bottom right hand
  corner)!

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Texas AM

• Texas AM has cloned more animals than any other
  institution.
• At this college they have cloned cats, cattle,
  pigs, goats, horses, and deer.
• Duane Kraemer, a scientist at Texas AM, and his
  crew of animal scientists have made history 4
  times in the past 5 years.
• The knowledge we gain from cloning these animals
  could greatly affect several areas of science and
  medicine, said H. Richard Adams, dean of the
  College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas AM.
  With each successful cloned species, we learn
  more about cloning procedures and how to make the
  process more efficient.

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Build-A-Baby

• Want to guarantee that your child is a girl with
  hazel eyes and black hair? Well, the answer is
  biotechnology.
• This procedure costs a good bit of money, but is
  it worth it?
• In some ways yes. If you have hereditary diseases
  in your family, you might want to look into
  biotechnology. So people use this to ensure that
  their child isnt born with any diseases.
• Who knows maybe you are genetically engineered.

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What Do You Think?

• What do you think about using biotechnology to
  improve your child?
• How far do you think we will get with cloning?
• Do you think that we will be able to clone humans
  in this century?
• Do you think you would want a clone? Why or why
  not?
• Do you want a cloned pet?
• What are some important things we could use
  cloning for?

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LOL!!! SO FUNNY!