Scientists create human embryo clones
Jan 18th, 2008 by RedPepper
Scientists in California declare they have created embryos that are clones of two men, a big step in the direction of developing scientifically valuable stem cells.
The newly reported embryos were made with ordinary skin cells. But it’s not the first time human cloned embryos have been made.
In 2005, for example, scientists in Britain reported using embryonic stem cells to produce a cloned embryo. It matured enough to produce stem cells, but none were extracted.
The new embryos announced this week did not result in extracted stem cells either, and because of that, experts reacted coolly to the research.
Source: National Geographic