“There are no reasons to regard the cloning of humans as unethical,” writes Kenan Malik, the author of Man, Beast and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature (Weidenfeld and ...

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 ...

In January, Chinese scientists announced their successful cloning of two macaque monkeys using an advanced technique for the first time in primates -- the same family as humans. Even more than ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - More than 20 years ago, in July 1996, Dolly the sheep was born at a research facility in Scotland. While scientists worked to clone animals for decades, Dolly was the first mammal ...

The endangered Przewalski’s horse. Credit: Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian’s National Zoo Earlier this year, a baby Przewalski’s horse was born at the San Diego Zoo. But this foal isn’t any ordinary foal, ...

The debate about Dolly / A.J. Klotzko -- Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells / I. Wilmut, ... [et. al] -- The birth of cloning / J.B. Gurdon -- Pandas and cloning / C.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

With the Senate planning to vote within the next few weeks on the divisive issue of human embryo research and cloning, advocates on both sides of the debate are claiming the imprimatur of objective ...

This spring, South Korean scientists led by Hwang Woo Suk published a paper in the journal Science that showed they had used cloning techniques to create 11 embryonic stem cell lines tailored to match ...

In Washington today two doctors are expected to tell the National Academy of Sciences that they are proceeding with their plans to clone a human being--perhaps within the next 2 years. Dr. Emily Senay ...

The council did agree in their report issued Thursday that cloning for reproductive purposes should be banned altogether. A slim majority, 10 members of the council, supported a four-year moratorium ...