Cloning is defined as the various processes of duplication of biological materials such as tissues and new forms of life (“Cloning Fact Sheet” 2009). Cloning of human tissues should be allowed because the fields of medicine benefit from it; However, the complete cloning of humans is a mockery of life because it creates a population of people who will not evolve and adapt to changes in the environment. The government should therefore financially support research into therapeutic cloning while condemning the act of reproductive human cloning. There is a major difference between therapeutic and reproductive cloning that sets them apart from each other. Therapeutic cloning is the creation of cloned stem cells to produce a genetic copy of an organ for a patient in need of a transplant (Robinson “Therapeutic…” 2000). Reproductive cloning is the use of science to create a complete copy of a living organism, plant or animal. This copy would be genetically identical and would be a perfect copy of the original (“Cloning Fact Sheet” 2009). Cloning has been attempted for over a century by many different biologists. The first known cloned animal was created in 1885 by a man named Hans Dreisch. He took the two-celled embryo of a sea urchin and cut it into two separate cells. The two cells began to reproduce and, after growing, created two identical clones (“Cloning – a shorthistorical timeline” 2010). This first technique of reproductive cloning amounted to forcing the creation of twins by the separation of a blastula. Mr. Dreisch did not intend this to be the start of a new scientific study. He was simply a scientist who studied genetics and wanted to prove that genetic material was not lost amidst the human cloning papers. " ReligiousTolerance.org by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. August 5, 1997. Web. January 20, 2010. .Robinson, BA "Therapeutic cloning – How is it done? possible benefits." ReligiousTolerance.org by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance . August 17, 2000. Web. January 19, 2010. Schlesinger, Fay. "I cloned a human: astonishing claims from a doctor who 'implanted embryos into four women' | Mail online. " Home | Online mail. April 22, 2009. Web. January 19, 2010. “What are the risks of cloning?” Learn.Genetics” Web. January 19. 2010. .