Human reproductive cloning is currently the subject of much debate around the world, involving a variety of ethical, religious, societal, scientific, and medical issues. This report from the National ...

The cloning era began when Dolly the sheep was manufactured in 1996. Dolly was cloned via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). This is accomplished by removing the nucleus from a skin or other cell ...

Researchers in Oregon claim to have solved the tricky problem of cloning human stem cells, but you're more likely to see a duplicate of a years-old ethics debate than you are a duplicate human. This ...

BOSTON -- A research company reported Sunday it had cloned the first human embryo, a development it said was aimed at producing genetically matched replacement cells for patients with a wide range of ...

To avoid confusing the procedure with the cloning of human babies, they have substituted more-technical descriptions, like “nuclear transplantation.” Critics on the right have dubbed that misleading, ...

Scientists say they’ll go ahead anyway. Lawmakers, seeking to rein in the scientific appetite for human experimentation, are attempting to ban human cloning. On July 31, the House approved a bill, 265 ...

A Massachusetts firm has announced the first successful cloning of human embryos. The company believes cloning human cells will accelerate development of new treatments for Parkinson's disease, ALS, ...

WASHINGTON -- President Bush appealed to Congress Monday to outlaw human cloning after scientists reported they had created the first cloned human embryo. The use of embryos to clone is wrong,'' Bush ...