Human cloning has long been a subject of dystopian science fiction and a stringent ethical taboo. However, Clonell ...

Last week, the Brownback-Weldon bill to prohibit human cloning was introduced on Capitol Hill. And the arguments against it are . . . well, as it turns out, there really aren't many arguments against ...

The cloning era began when Dolly the sheep was manufactured in 1996. Dolly was cloned via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). This is accomplished by removing the nucleus from a skin or other cell ...

LONDON – The creator of Dolly the sheep, the world’s first mammal cloned from an adult, applied for a human cloning license Tuesday to study how nerve cells go awry to cause motor neuron disease. Ian ...

WORCESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts company said Nov. 25 that it had cloned human embryos in order to try to mine them for stem cells, which in turn would be used to treat disease. The company also ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson’s disease and diabetes. A ...

US scientists involved with a small company set up by an unnamed investor report they are the first to clone human embryos and prove it. But some researchers are asking how much of a scientific ...

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WASHINGTON — Scientists at a California company reported yesterday that they had created the first mature cloned human embryos from single skin cells taken from adults, a significant advance toward ...

The cloning of human embryos by South Korean researchers has reignited debate about how to regulate human cloning. No reputable scientist wants to make artificial babies. But, there is heated ...

A chemist who said last week her company would soon produce the first human clone _ an infant girl genetically identical to her 30-year-old mother _ prepared an announcement on the effort even as ...

Scientists in Oregon have achieved something that many thought might be impossible. They said Wednesday that they have cloned human embryos and then harvested the embryo's stem cells. The discovery, ...