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Imagine being able to add 50 years to your life. First you may be thinking, “Why would I do that? I’d be in horrible shape and everything would stop working!” Well that is until scientists are able to successfully use cloning to advance medicine into the future. Scientists have been toying for years with the idea of isolating cells to create embryos for a number of different purposes. Yet why is it that, after all this time spent and research conducted, we aren’t utilizing the full medical potential of science? Because many people are against, or scared of, any type of “futuristic” science no matter how beneficial it may be. However, cloning it seems, is only full of positive effects and endless possibilities. Cloning isn’t all about creating “superbabies” with genetically superior structures or about having identical octuplets walking around our planet. It’s about medically advancing our population to keep up with our changing environment. One of the many great possibilities of cloning is disease treatment. According to an article in the Roanoke Times, author Kevin Miller’s research on cloning and stem cells provides the evidence that these medical breakthroughs are quite possible: Discovered a