School Cloning Project Raises Important Moral Questions | LifeNews.com

School Cloning Project Raises Important Moral Questions | LifeNews.com: "Cloning, inserting human brain cells into monkeys, or creating pigs with human blood may all seem like science fiction, yet these very experiments are being done in laboratories. Science fiction is becoming reality. Problematically, scientists are entering new frontiers of biological research faster than governments or theologians can decipher the ethical ramifications.

Prudence demands that a thorough discussion of the moral aspects of these situations take place, and this can only happen if the populace understands the basic terms and concepts involved.

The recent cloning experiment at Lumen Christi High School in Anchorage brought to light some of the ethical confusion found in this realm of science. The experiment took a gene from a jelly fish, cloned it, and inserted it into bacteria. This gene from the jelly fish caused the bacteria to glow. This school project caused some concern because the term “cloning” is very often misunderstood."