Would you like to clone an exact replica of someone you admire or love? According to author Alice Park in the article “Scientists report first success in cloning human stem cells,” scientists have succeeded in creating lines of embryonic stem cells from human skin cells. Alice goes on to say that human stem cells can develop into muscles, nerves, or other cells that make up the body's tissues. The definition of cloning is the creation of a living organism that has an exact copy of each other's genetic material (Learn Genetics). Scientists around the world have been researching how to produce human stem cells. According to Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, a professor at Oregon Health Science University, stem cells help patients who are unable to find a match for organs or bone marrow. Therefore, these organs with the exact genetic material will produce a higher percentage of matching organs for patients needing organ transplants. But these techniques require doctors to assist in the naturally occurring process, which is the fusion of a sperm from a man's body with an egg from a woman's body. This level of scientific involvement in the creation of human life makes many people uncomfortable. Conversely, cloning human children could give infertile couples the chance to create a cloned child. Likewise, cloning should be considered part of the healthcare system because it will give transplant patients a greater chance of survival and create children to be cloned for infertile couples. Cloning is the creation of living organisms that turn out to have the same DNA as the original. According to the article “What are the risks of cloning?” does the definition of cloning mean that each individual piece of DNA is... middle of the paper... t?" Frontline. PBS, nd Web. April 15, 2014. Park, Alice. "Scientists Report First Success in Stem Cell Cloning human." CNN. CableNews Network, 01 January 1970. Web. 14 April 2014. Shoukhrat, Mitalipov. "OHSU Research Team Successfully Converts Human Skin Cells into Embryonic Stem Cells." Oregon Health & Science University. Np, ndWeb. 15 Apr. 2014. Seed, Richard. “The Benefits of Cloning?” The University of Utah, nd. Web. 12 Apr. 2014. “WHAT IS CLONING?” Web. 15 April 2014. Wilmut, Ian. “Cloning could transform medicine” BBC News BBC, 19 May 2000. Web. 2014.