to solve before human cloning starts Susan: There's an easier way. The Clonaid Company says they ve cloned humans John: Oh, my God! These guys claim aliens from another planet taught them human cloning Susan: a woman gave them half a million dollars to clone her dead daughter John: Clearly that woman doesn't know much about cloning. How risky it is Susan: I know it's inefficient. It took 276 tries to produce Dolly. But why is it risky? John: Cloned animals grow abnormally large and age unnaturally fast Susan: In other words, that woman may not be happy with her cloned daughter. John Then there are the emotions no one knows if cloning damages the mind Susan: Do you think the cloning of humans should be forbidden by law? John: To my mind, the cloning of human organs shouldnt be prohabited. It may help solve medical problems Susan: I see your point: cloning should be regulated if it's to benefit humanity. MODEL3 Is it interfering with nature? Scrip Nora: Some religious groups are opposed to genetic research. They believe it's interfering with nature John: I know. But nature can be pretty hard-nosed too, so we often need to interfere with her-we build dams to control flooding Nora: There're many diseases that are a part of nature, and they cause people a great deal of misery: cancer and d iabetes, for example John: a better understand ing of the genetic code that controls our body would be a great help in curing many diseases Nora: The project to map the human genetic code. what's that called? John: The genome project. As you say, it has tremendous promise to make our lives better-just in the abil ity to identify and correct genetically-caused diseases like alzheimer 's Nora: Some d iseases like cancer are also believed to have a genetic switch John: That's right, and once researchers identify the switch, perhaps they can turn off cancer or Alzheimer 's Nora: People are also concerned that science will enable us to determine such qualities as intelligence and height John: You know it's going to happen--it's iust a matter of when Nora: Imagine if everyone was a combination of Yao ming and Albert einstein John: But what if they get it wrong, and you wind up with Yao Mings knowledge of nuclear physics and Albert Einstein's heigl Nora: All those religious groups would say that it served you rightto solve before human cloning starts. Susan: There’s an easier way. The Clonaid Company says they’ve cloned humans. John: Oh, my God! These guys claim aliens from another planet taught them human cloning. Susan: A woman gave them half a million dollars to clone her dead daughter. John: Clearly that woman doesn’t know much about cloning. How risky it is! Susan: I know it’s inefficient. It took 276 tries to produce Dolly. But why is it risky? John: Cloned animals grow abnormally large and age unnaturally fast. Susan: In other words, that woman may not be happy with her cloned daughter. John: Then there are the emotions. No one knows if cloning damages the mind. Susan: Do you think the cloning of humans should be forbidden by law? John: To my mind, the cloning of human organs shouldn’t be prohabited. It may help solve medical problems. Susan: I see your point: cloning should be regulated if it’s to benefit humanity. MODEL3 Is it interfering with nature? Script Nora: Some religious groups are opposed to genetic research. They believe it’s interfering with nature. John: I know. But nature can be pretty hard-nosed too, so we often need to interfere with her—we build dams to control flooding. Nora: There’re many diseases that are a part of nature, and they cause people a great deal of misery: cancer and diabetes, for example. John: A better understanding of the genetic code that controls our body would be a great help in curing many diseases. Nora: The project to map the human genetic code…what’s that called? John: The genome project. As you say, it has tremendous promise to make our lives better—just in the ability to identify and correct genetically-caused diseases like Alzheimer’s. Nora: Some diseases like cancer are also believed to have a genetic switch. John: That’s right, and once researchers identify the switch, perhaps they can turn off cancer or Alzheimer’s. Nora: People are also concerned that science will enable us to determine such qualities as intelligence and height. John: You know it’s going to happen—it’s just a matter of when. Nora: Imagine if everyone was a combination of Yao Ming and Albert Einstein. John: But what if they get it wrong, and you wind up with Yao Ming’s knowledge of nuclear physics and Albert Einstein’s height? Nora: All those religious groups would say that it served you right