Genetically modified plants animals and human beings
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Cloning is not new. Experiments with frogs and toads date back to the 1970s . And experiments involving plants and animal embryos have been performed for several years. But experiments involving human beings have never been tried or thought possible, until "Dolly." Her birth shocked the scientific community and has spurred discussion about the possibility of human clones. Though has been touted as a success, this cloning procedure is not perfect. It took more than 277 attempts before "Dolly" was created as a health viable lamb in 1997 But Dolly was put down by lethal injection Feb. 14, 2003. Prior to her death, Dolly had been suffering from lung cancer and crippling arthritis which is not common to sheep. Although most Finn Dorset sheep live to be 11 to 12 years of age, Dolly lived for only 6...