Humans, You're Not Next
Although the two cloned monkeys in China are doing well, human cloning is not imminent.
by Team BT
Feb 19, 2018
2 minutes
In an incubator in a lab at Shanghai's Institute of Neuroscience, two female macaques chirp and frolic like any baby monkeys would. But Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua are very different because they've been cloned using a process called somatic cell nuclear transfer, by taking cells from a macaque foetus.
Despite the move over Dolly reaction of the media, this experiment was
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days