Glowing dogs- why aren't we scared?

In 2009 the cute little beagles in the video above were cloned in an attempt to cure a number of diseases. Scientists are becoming better at cloning targeting specific genes in animals. To me, cloning animals for the purposes is undisputably beneficial. It is ground breaking research which promises to change the course of our lives in the future. To eliminate diseases such as Alzheimers and Parkinson's disease would not only reduce the burden on healthcare systems across the world, but would also free many people from pain and disability. The possibilities that this technology brings is what brought my attention to the cloning controversy.

Yet there is still a long way to go, not only in the treatment of disease, but also in the ethics around reproductive cloning. Scientists are now more rapidly gaining and refining the skills required  to clone humans. So this sort of technology, while promising, also should be cause for alarm, because the governance of reproductive cloning across the world is not consistent.

So the future may hold flying pigs in terms of the cloning of animals, but glowing humans would be a different kettle of fish altogether......