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Wednesday, February 09, 2005

humans cloned*

* Verb tense in post title may be misleading or completely inaccurate.

Those miscreants who cloned that sheep named "Dolly" a while back have obtained a cloning license applicable to human cells and tissues. Specifically, they're not allowed to clone babies:
"...clone cells from patients with the disease [that they're studying], derive stem cells from the resulting embryo, make them develop into nerve cells and compare their evolution to that of cells derived from healthy embryos."
Link to AP article.