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This technology is the last hope of my daughter to get cured of her brain damages that she has due to brain surgery.
Atara Hirsh, Israel

Cloning of human body parts is the obvious way forward in medicine. As well as eliminating the problems and shortages of transplant, it should all but eliminate the need for illegal organ trafficking.
Peter Foster, England

Cloning direct from stem cells to body part, organ is within ethical bounds. My spouse had total kidney failure and is one of those who would benefit.
V. Tam, USA

We must go on! If the experiments are unsuccessful, we can scrap them. If we do not go ahead, we will never know!
John Paller, USA

Having a son with diabetes and end-stage renal disease who is waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant makes you wish for organ cloning to be a reality
Ian Brownbridge, USA

I say yes, simply because I favour travelling the road to the brave new world that science and technology are taking us toward, because it will be interesting. The more I read about science, the more I am convinced that scientists believe only people with years of scientific training have any right to hold a point of view regarding science. If they are right, and it is difficult for lay people to argue their point, then perhaps they should be the final arbiters of what areas of research are acceptable. Maybe the solution lies in a two-tier government, one level for matters scientific and one for infrastructure and matters civic. Unless, we are all prepared to study science formally at university, what right do we have to comment? I know that this would be too demanding for someone like myself, so I guess I should just defer to their superior intellect.
Tom Bowshall, Australia

I think that it's amazing how we have evolved and it could be very useful to be able to clone parts of the body. However, I do think that by doing this we could open a door in to a completely different door and it could be quite dangerous.
Suzanne Cox, England

I think we should explore this area of science. As soon as we close an area off we are letting ourselves fall back into the middle ages where what the church said was law. If we limit research here why not stop research in cancer and aids as well. Who knows where the next cure for cancer or aids will come from. It may be a spin-off of cloning.
Brian Kmak, USA

If I was to require an organ transplant, or maybe bone marrow, or even a blood transfusion then surely the safest source has got to be from my own body. Cloning would enable this.
Jeff Cank, UK

I think scientists should not clone the body part. If this is allowed, the cloned "human" will appear one day. Human being is created by the God, by the Nature, why should the human beings themself fight against the Nature. If scientists still keep their stance on cloning body part, the God, the Nature will place a hard lesson not only to them but to all the human beings on this globe.
Jianmin Yang, China

I believe that in "the future" cloning parts of the human body for replacment cells and limbs is a good idea as long as your not cloning a whole human just to help the other. Just clone the relevent part like an arm or a brain cell and so on.
K Flaherty, UK

Cloning body parts is fine. Complete cloning should NEVER even be attempted. The reproduction of body parts should be viewed just as a prosthetic limb. It is just a treatment for injury and illness.
Matt Chattaway, UK

The problem with these wondrous technological advances is that, once out of the bag, they quickly go from being a means to some noble and worthy end (relieving the suffering of poor, sick children, for example), to becoming an end in themselves (developing and using them simply because we can). In the twentieth century especially, we have proven ourselves to be too long on technological reach and much too short on the grasp of moral responsibility. We need only look to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons for proof. We do not know what we are playing with here, and we are better off leaving it alone.
R. McNaughton Phillips, USA

As a practising physician I'm all for it as long as it will improve the quality of life and to improve the human race for the better. Those cloned parts will be very useful for cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Nerlina Pangilinan, Philippines

It is too late for the question of whether or not to clone human parts, we are at the point where we know it will happen. What we have to do is make sure that the cloning of human parts does not lead to designer babies.
Richard T. Ketchum, USA

Man will always push the boundaries of science, it's in our nature. People want to live as long and as healthy as possible. If this will help them fight off crippling disease or help with a failing bodypart then so be it. This human cloning business is the only the beginning of what we will discover about the human body and its possibilities.
Chris Grygiel, USA

No. It will eventually lead to complete body regeneration, therefore rendering the poor and 'ugly', to be left be the wayside. It's just as bad as what Hitler did during the war. Only difference being that today, we hide behind commercial viability and the good it will do. If we all lived a little healthier lives (less stress etc), we would not need to be 'fixed'. Just as certain tribes in Africa etc don't get ill because they are not subject to the ills of Western living.
Liberator, Brit in the USA

Urgent, urgent, urgent!!!!!! Think of the victims and accidents. Prostheses, conventional as well as modern type ones, are only an incomplete substitute. Natural body-parts are better!!!!!!
Stefanie Zeh, Germany

The human race should invest its time and energy in making life more beautiful rather than increasing its longevity. There is no point in living for two hundred years if each day contains more sorrow than joy.
Timothy Ross, Canada

In a world driven by greed and power such technologies will always become available eventually to the highest bidder. So nip it in the bud before we have a case of factory farmed humans!
Mark Bullock, UK

All you have to do to get a real answer is ask someone if they would allow a cloned body part to be used on their child to save their life. I know I would allow it!
James McNeil, England

This is a very tricky issue. It is all very well to promote this avenue of medical science in order to aid healing but we must remember that the ultimate benefit must be to mankind. We cannot survive as a race if we correct every fault in our make up. Each time we do this we weaken the health of future generations.
K Brown, UK

The only difference between you and the fetus who gave up his or her life to grow your spare parts is age. One could argue that Hitler had a great vision for the world, the only catch was it involved killing millions of people. If we think human life is so meaningless, what's the point of prolonging it?
Daniel Conte, USA

They should not, as it interferes with the natural processes of life.
Michelle Fenn, England

If controlled correctly and only used for the prevention or treatment of illness or injury.
Max Handforth, England

We, as a species have been 'playing God' for centuries now... it's too late to start complaining now. Nature will always try to nullify our tampering. Those with the power and the money do not necessarily have the foresight and moral judgement to control these new technologies. We all are responsible for keeping watch over what they do. Those that do protest against this new technology will play the most important role in how it develops.
Steve Shawyer, England

In this world there is something we cannot control - it is human curiosity. With a kitchen knife I can cut bread or I stab something to death. I think this is valid for all things: nuclear power as well as cloning. When I look who makes up the groups screaming and shouting it gives me a shiver. It is those who are totally irrational and bound to be losers. Mankind has to step forward even if it will lead to extinction of mankind, because if so then this was the path of evolution who is not very concerned about us. And something else: keep religion out of all this discussions. We know very well where similar 'moral' viewpoints have lead us before. Genetics is the light on the horizon.
Jonathan McAndrew, Zimbabwe

If I think about "what is life?", I can't help but include these embryos. We shouldn't forget our sense of humanity for these lives, especially to expedite the cure of one who has already "lived." This wouldn't be such a big issue if people would come to terms with their own mortality.
Richard Baptista, USA

You've got to be mad.
Kirsten Kennedy, South Africa

Scientists are going beyond! It is absurd for them to clone body parts! What is the aim behind all these mess? Why do we assume too much? Can we create a normal human being?
Michael Kiju Paul, Sudan, studying in the USA

It depends on when you view a human life to start. I do not see a foetus as a human life and therefore I see nothing wrong with using it for medical purposes. With that view I am totally comfortable with the cloning of human body parts from foetal tissue. With safeguards to ensure equal status with conventionally born humans I also have no ethical objections to cloning whole humans.
Keith Walker, UK

I don't believe such research should be allowed. Where will it stop?There will always be the bad element/s in the world who would use such technology against the human race.
Margaret Carre Belgium

If we humans have the ability to clone, it means it is our obligation as humans to expend our horizon in the healing process.
A.P, Canada

Humanity has been forced thoughout its history to watch helplessly as the chronically ill suffer, waste away, and die. For the first time, we have the opportunity to do something about this. Actual cloning of humans is not practical, and shouldn't be a concern. It will always be more fun to make them the old fashioned way. Ethical concerns about the use of human cells should consider how many lives would be saved or improved before they rally against this research. It should be done.
Marc D. Fries, USA

It is not the will of God that science work for such evils as creating new living tissues. Scientists can heal diseases or prove the truth of the gospel, but cloning will only lead to the creation of genetically mutations that will bring down the good people of the world.
Adam Humphreys, USA

It would be a doubtful trimph of bio technological multinational firms.
Luigi Cerruti, Italy

I am a UK citizen living in the US and am totally against genetic engineering and its unknown affects. Very little is mentioned of it here in the USA in the mainstream press. Do the chemical companies have a vested interest in keeping it quiet? How will it affect the environment?
Wendy Foster, USA

Cloning raises no new ethical issues. No-one will be forced to accept the products of cloning technology and cloned tissues are not human beings.
Joe Stocker, UK

Embryo tissue is not a member of the human race. Does a single organ carry with it a soul? I think not. I say clone on and put an end to the dreadful diseases that have taken so many and caused so much pain.
Patrick Lehman, USA

Of course they should. if people want medical science to evolve, there is no choice. Remember - there was a time when ethical questions were asked about transplanting human organs from dead people ... progress means risk. Rewards will not materialise if we sit tight.
James Fletcher, UK

Another attempt by man to "live forever". Another sign that we are in the last days, before the return of Christ.
Chas Tidswell, UK

I would prefer they clone human body parts for experimental purposes rather than using animals for experiments.
Graham Averiss, Canada

Utopian meta-biology is based on the assumption that what can be done should be done. Pandora's box must follow such Promethean feats. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein the monster said, "You created me, but I am your master". The wise warn of the slippery slope. Fools holiday on it.
ST, USA

Obviously it would be better to grow organs than to cut them from living or dead donors.
Kevin Cahill, USA

Body parts cloning is not the same as playing God in cloning whole human. But body parts cloning must be control with strict guidelines to ensure no abuse and profiteering
Dansoo, Malaysia

Did anybody here ever think about the question at what point in the development of a human life consciousness emerges? Yes, if one thinks that all we are is just a little salty water, or that our personalities are only bio-chemical functions of a couple of brain cells (which don't exist in such an early stage of development of a fetus),then this question is no problem. But if one recognises that we still have no idea where and when all this really emerges, then we can't feel comfortable experimenting with any form of human life, no matter how developed (or not) it is!
B. Stevic, Yugoslavia

This subject is highly confusing and definitely poses a very serious ethical dilemma. Would the boundaries be crossed? But if they can be monitored then the possibilities for cures to many sufferings would just be a step away. If a strong control mechanism could be set up, then scientists could most definitely clone human parts with an aim to allievate human suffering.
Aarthi Raghavan, India

This could provide a necessary supplement to the all too small numbers of available donors,and overcome rejection problems.
Graeme, Australia

We are after all just another animal, one with a slightly more intelligent brain. If we experiment with animals then why not with human embryos? There is nothing sacred about us. Anything that can cure, enhance and lengthen life should be done.
Pam Peters, New Zealand

Yes! Cloning is the future, and I support it. Life evolves, and we are evolving one step further. Cloning body parts should be acceptable to everyone, those who argue against it need a dose of reality. Cloning whole beings should be acceptable as long as they are not used for experiments or anything like that. They should be regarded as any un-cloned being should.
A Chint, New Zealand

I'm for it. All research has been decried by someone. If we hadn't used animals for testing we wouldn't have the life saving medicine we now have. I've got a body part or two i'd like to have a younger version of.
Charles Antis, USA

I think this is the beginning of a slippery slope where we will have body parts and replace the bits that aren't working. This sounds fine initially but only the wealthy will benefit and what are we doing to our moral standards? If you can afford replacement bits you're OK but if you're poor you die? Should we be playing around with life itself in this way at all?
Andy Mitra, UK

What's the question? Some small child with lukemia could be cured with whole body radiation, but we have to clone their white cells to restore their immune system afterwards, yet people are asking if this is something we 'should' do? Are they all completely nuts?
Jon Livesey, USA

There have been uncountable advances in science that have made human life better... to be able to replace damaged or lost body parts can be the first great breakthrough of the next century. We cannot stop the creativity of the human mind..let us enjoy it's benefits.
Howard W Zoufaly, USA

I think it is against all human interest to continue with this type of research. Not to mention the fact that these embryos are human in themselves and have rights, the right to be born and not messed about with. I am not an ant-abortionist, I believe in abortion in certain unfortunate circumstances or if the embryo is deformed, mentally or physically, but this cloning is against all decent behaviour.
Michael Richings, St Lucia

Why do some people think that they can just 'halt' technological and medical science by saying it's wrong? What if they had decided that having pacemakers was against God's wishes? Which of their loved ones would be affected?
S Else, USA

I think body parts should be cloned because there can be great benefits gained from this if a person lost his arm or hand. Internal organs would also prove useful to clone then the problem of rejection could be overcome. The problem becomes severe when actual beings are being cloned - this is ethically wrong, and should never take place.
Colm Mullan, N Ireland

Human life begins at fertilization. Therefore, it would be unconscionable to experiment with other humans in order to improve our own quality of life.
Randy, USA

Every technology has its pros and cons...as long as this one is not misused I presume this would be a significant milestone in the history of mankind.
Velury Srinivas, USA

Body parts yes, help people whom have suffered the loss of a limb, clone a whole human, no, that is God's Domain. We create life through procreation, not through science. The next thing you know we will be living 'Brave New World'. Gattaca... we need to not do that.
Glen, USA

It all makes logical sense. All the expense and heartache involved in transplant rejection could be avoided by this technique, which is no more ethically wrong than transplantation itself.
Iain Munro, UK

No power on earth can stop the progress of science. If it is not allowed above board, it will go below.
Ken Sanderson, UK

YES! YES! YES! Scientists should and must clone body parts. This is a gift to the world and to science. It opens many new doors and offers solutions and healings to mankind. It is good news as to what can be done. There should be a degree of ethics used in 'cloning' though. And, as in all science, it can be used to bless mankind or curse it. My hope is that 'mankind' will be able to not use cloning techniques for anything less than the very noblest reasons.
Dave Adams, USA

Scientists should definitely start research into this area. To say that growing a new organ from some cultured cells amounts to cloning a new human being is ridiculous. I very much hope that moral objections do not prevent this hugely exciting technology from being developled.
Richard Galloway, UK

The cloning of body parts should be the last resort where drug treatment has failed or is considered too dangerous a risk to the patient's health. The great debate will arise due to the lucrative market that will develop as a result of the legalisation of cloning to whatever degree (mainly cloning for cosmetic reasons). There is no argument for allowing terminally ill patients to die if it is feasible to transplant a replacement cloned body part and allow them to live a normal life.
John Richardson, UK

We should of course be very careful when moving into this territory and consider possible abuses. There are plenty of dystopic sci-fi books which show what could go wrong, but all in all I think this is a great step ahead for humankind.
Lars Westergren, Sweden

The cloning of human body parts would be an amazing achievement. I will give hope to a huge number of people with various illnesses. To try to ban this type of research is to deny thousands of people a better life.
Colin Mclaren, UK

What will be the long term effects on human DNA if body parts are cloned? Certainly, scientists cannot answer that question with any degree of certainty, but they would only give their very limited opinion. A definite NO. Like in NO WAY.
Steven Meyer, USA

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