Should cloning be allowed? Cloning is on the minds of many scientists today. Many past TV shows and movies have featured some sort of cloning, or at least had a reference to it. Extensive research has been conducted on each individual type of cloning or the health risks that come with cloning. Some scientists say that cloning should not be allowed as it takes a long time and most of the time requires luck (NBC News, 2014). Despite the negativity cloning receives from scientists and people, my opinion is that cloning should be allowed and will ultimately help the human race. Cloning is not currently allowed, but should be allowed for medical research, intelligent population growth, and to be available for new scientific discoveries. Cloning does not happen only one way. Cloning can happen in two ways. The first way is for cloning to happen naturally. Identical twins are an example of cloning that occurs naturally. The second option for cloning must be done in the laboratory. Cloning is usually done via an artificial embryo, but can sometimes also be done via somatic cell transfer. The artificial embryo copies the natural way of creating identical twins. Artificial embryo twinning is done in a laboratory where you take the egg that has already been fertilized by sperm and the cells will eventually submerge. This will eventually end up creating identical twins. This is similar to somatic cell nuclear transfer. Somatic cell nuclear transfer is performed by removing the nucleus. Subsequently, the fertilized nucleus with sperm is inserted into the enucleated egg. The cell is then reprogrammed by the host cell and after a while it will begin to divide. The cells... in the center of the sheet... cloning allowed. WORKS CITED PAGEUniversity of Utah (2014). "What is cloning". Genetic Science Learning Center. University of Utah Online Health Services. February 8, 2014. National Human Genome Research Institute. (2012). “Fact Sheet on Cloning.” National Institutes of Health. Genome Project. February 8, 2014..MedlinePlus. (2013). "Cloning: MedlinePlus." National Institutes of Health. United States National Library of Medicine. February 8, 2014..AMA. (1995-2014). “Human cloning”. American Medical Association. February 8 2014..