I cannot conceive the reason as to why blame the knowledge, why to find fault with science and its wonderful discoveries. Genome Mapping and eugenics are not responsible if a Pandora's box of problems related to ethics, morality and biological issues has opened up. Knowledge is knowledge. It is power. Its use or misuse is man's responsibility. It is upto you whether you use it for good or for evil. It is, in itself neither a boon nor bane. In the name of ethics morality and humanity you cannot stop the onward march of science. And I may assure you that soon we may have the first human clone. Many specialists and experts have expressed in this field their desire to clone a human. Man cannot remain content with cloning of Dolly the sheep, ANDI the monkey etc.
I am also in favour of human cloning. I am well aware of the risks and dangers involved in it. People are afraid that this knowledge may be used for the benefit of the rich and the affluent only because it is so costly. They also say that it would be sheer madness for man to try to play God and change the genetic code as he pleases. But the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. Would you banish fire because it may burn your houses to ashes? The DNA research has opened up many new avenues and opportunities for all of us. It helps us a lot in developing new drugs and vaccines to fight with deadly diseases and improving our health-care' system. We are badly in need of another green revolution which is possible only with the help of plant genetics. I don't say that the fear of ecologists who say that it could have catastrophic effects on environment and that the genes of new crops could pollinate other plants wrecking fundamental changes in wild life and create super weeds which are resistant to herbicides. Better we devise means against these dangerous possibilities instead of banning cloning and related researches.

Cloning and Genome Mapping has proved a landmark and sensational discovery. Perhaps it is next to man’s conquest of moon in significance and technological triumph. The important question is whether this wonderful is really so wonderful as to benefit the entire humanity. I also don’t exactly know if these are misplaced fears and anxieties.
In my opinion, man should not try to play god. The creation of babies without recourse to sexual union is totally unnatural and harmful. Life is already so mechanical and lopsided and use of these techniques my further jeopardise harmony, peace and human values. Many ethical and social issues of far reaching consequences are involved in it. To me the very idea of human cloning is disgusting. Man is immortal because he is not only a body. It is the body which dies while the soul is immortal. To see and seek immortality through cloning is sheer non-sense. It is very repulsive even to think of human beings produced like commodities in cloning factories.

Human Genome Project began in 1990 -1n 250 laboratories of 18 countries. The aim of the project was to discover the base sequence of the complete human DNA molecule. And the sequence machine was developed in California U.S.A. Now it is a wonderful and mighty river of human knowledge, research and technology. But but I am afraid that this so wonderful river may cause floods and deluge and erode all human and ethical values so dear to us.
The basic question remains why human cloning should be allowed at all? Should we opt for double and multiples of Hitler and Osama Bin Laden? This wonderful power can be misused and employed for evil purposes. Its indiscriminate use can lead to wide spread genetic discrimination, genetic blackmailing and an end to individual privacy and security. In these days of violence, tension, terrorism and religious fundamentalism, I believe that there should be a total ban on human cloning at least for a few decades.