Once again the ethical markers are being moved. What was once the stuff of sci-fi novels -- the creation of human life in order to experiment on it -- is being described as a moral imperative. How can ...

Researchers in China have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species widely used in medical research because of its physiological similarity to humans. The monkey, named Retro, is now more ...

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 ...

Scientists say they’ll go ahead anyway. Lawmakers, seeking to rein in the scientific appetite for human experimentation, are attempting to ban human cloning. On July 31, the House approved a bill, 265 ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Cloning is a biotechnological process that involves creating genetically identical copies of an organism or cell. In essence, a clone is an exact genetic replica of the original organism or cell, ...