Mike Whipple
Adams
ENG 102 7891
20 September 2007
Draft WP#1 – Research Proposal
Cloning is a controversial topic that pertains to any human, yet often many individuals choose sides with little, wrong or even no knowledge of the topic at all. This is one of the first thoughts that ran through my head during my brainstorming for topics to create a paper sufficient enough to allow my interest to enhance the research. Also, I choose cloning because of the technological advances in today’s world that could allow cloning to become a bigger topic than currently. Through careful steps in structured productivity I manifested my research question to be:
Should cloning research in relations to humans be allowed to continue without restrictions, even though the safety and normal humane practices could be compromised?
Cloning possibilities became a reality in February 1996 when Dolly the sheep was born from an adult somatic cell. This news headliner brought a wave of emotions and opinions on opposition for and against future cloning research. In addition, articles and protest surged in numbers. Currently today the number has significantly dropped but still is a debatable topic. The leading reasons against cloning are the ethics and morals of creating clones of humans/animals and then harvesting them for medical treatment. Others are fearful of abuse of the technology. While even more claim cloning interferes with religious beliefs. On the pro position side, the leading components are the ability to cure many diseases and prevent cell mutation such as cancer. Also therapeutic cloning could be used to create transplants for select individuals. Other areas are to have a greater knowledge of how cells grow and what can be accomplished by changing certain variables. My purpose is to inform and created a greater interest. Currently my position is half and half. Meaning I am for therapeutic cloning but against destructive cloning. My audience of my final research project is the legislative branch that regulates medical practices and research. Sub audiences are those needing transplants, those chronically ill, and those who are tied in or related to any of the previous two. The analysis of my audience brought forth the understanding of needing the balanced argument of pro and con human cloning. The information will need to be concise and relevant.
Possible limitations of this project would be the chance and availability to do any polls or interviews of those in the medical research field. The hardest challenge to date would be selecting one side as I am divided and basically situational.
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2 comments:
Your proposal was well-informed and I was able to learn more about cloning just from what you wrote. When you decide to choose a side or be neutral on the issue, it should be a little easier to write your paper.
I ever never been interested in the subject but you've made me curious and interested to learn more. It shows you have done alot of research.
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