... both devastating and amazing. First of all, what is DNA cloning? To different people it has different meaning. According to a website www.cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk, DNA cloning is 'the use of DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple copies of a single gene or segment of DNA'. 1970's was when animal cloning began and the animal that was usually tested on was mice. Of course the first few experiments should disastrous results as shown in diagram 1 below. Diagram 1 However, after much further investigation Dr. Ian Wilmut of the Roslin Institute in Scotland had successfully cloned a sheep. 'Dolly', the name of the sheep brought new light and perhaps hopes to the new world. Of course, there were those who were sceptic of Dolly's existence. After Dolly, 8 other species of animals were successfully cloned and now the question that is yet to be answered is are humans able to be ...

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