Monkeys Cloned in World First

January 25th, 2018

Via: Independent:

Two monkeys are the first ever primates to be cloned using the technique that created Dolly the sheep.

The technique brings the prospect of cloned human beings even more closer. But scientists caution that there may be no good reason to create such clones, and that ethical and legal questions need to be answered about such research.

More immediately, the technique will allow researchers to create whole labs full of genetically identical monkeys. That could prove tremendously useful in scientific and medical research – allowing doctors to watch how specific treatments affect the genetic makeup of animals that are otherwise exactly the same, for instance.

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One Response to “Monkeys Cloned in World First”

  1. cryingfreeman says:
    January 25, 2018 at 4:51 am

    The unholy grail here would be the ability to take DNA from two same sex parents and produce a baby from that.

    Another evil aim might be the ability to create cloned bodies to provide spare parts for the hyper wealthy.

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