The Medical and Ethical Prospects of Human Cloning In our modern world, the technology of genetic engineering and human cloning for the use of asexual reproduction has reached a point where we must ask ourselves whether it is a good practice for medical purposes or whether it presents issues of ethical and moral interest. Human cloning is a very complex process; it is very layered in the promises and threats suggested by scientists (Kolata 8). In the basic definition, cloning is achieved by removing the nucleus of a mature, unfertilized egg and replacing it with a specialized cell from an adult organism. The taken nucleus contains most of the hereditary material of the original human source and develops from the human source from which it was taken. This process allows scientists, or geneticists, to reproduce unlimited quantities of duplicates, known as clones (Pence: Flesh 18). Human cloning has reached a point where ethical and moral values ​​have not been taken into consideration and we have not fully learned and understood the negative consequences of such a new and overwhelming technology. There are, however, individual benefits to using genetic engineering for medical purposes. Such purposes include gene therapy and asexual reproduction. The use of genetic engineering in our society is viewed differently in two very questionable ways. Scientists, bioethicists, doctors, lawyers, professors and authors join the debate on human cloning and its medical benefits versus moral and ethnic concerns. Cloning and genetic engineering are ideas that scientists have been exploring for a long time. "Cloning first came to public attention about three decades ago, following... half an article... that raised difficult questions. http://www.msnbc.com/news/ 229707.aspMohler, Albert R. "The Brave New World of Cloning: A Christian World Perspective." Human Cloning: Religious Responses Ed. Ronald Cole-Turner, Ky.: Westminster John Know Press, c 1997.MSNBC Staff and Wire Reports Says Human Clone Test Succeeds: Scientists Say They're Growing Human Embryos in Experiment http://www.msnbc.com/news/224234.aspPence, Gregory E. Flesh of my Flesh: The Ethics of Cloning Humans, Md. Rowman and Littlefield, c 1998.Pence, Gregory E. Who's Afraid of Human Cloning? Lanham, Md. Rowman and Littlefield, c 1998.Roleff, Tamara L. ed. Wekesser, Carol ed. opposing views San Diego, CA Greenhaven Press, Inc. v 1996.