First cloned baby born

Miodrag Stojkovic,Stem-Cell Biologist,Spain
Thursday 17 July 2008 13:09 BST
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Will we see a cloned baby? It could happen any day because of a lack of regulation [in some countries]. People are already trying to do reproductive cloning. The only problem is getting hold of enough viable human oocytes [eggs]. If we can make human oocytes from stem cells, it might be easier. There is no medical need to clone a human. The future is not about reproductive cloning, that's a very, very detrimental technique.

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