The Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience has announced they have cloned two baby macaques, highly intelligent brown or black monkeys located across Asia, using a similar method that brought Dolly alive.
Chinese scientists announced on Wednesday that they have successfully cloned two monkeys, using techniques similar to those first used to clone Dolly the sheep in 1996.
Geographically, this report is segmented into several key Regions, with production, consumption, revenue (million USD), market share and growth rate of Cloned Competent Cells in these regions, from 2012 to 2022
Researchers and animal welfare activists have been concerned that cloning, via somatic cell nuclear transfer, could cause health problems in cloned animals.
- a prohibition on cloning and on the import of cloned animals, the offspring of cloned animals, sperm, embryos and food products from clones (Parliament's position)
But news that embryos of cloned cows have been imported and born on British farms is a reminder that cloning, while relatively new, could become a realistic and mainstream method of food production.
London, Apr 22 (ANI): A fertility doctor has claimed to have cloned 14 human embryos and transferred them to four women prepared to give birth to cloned babies.