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Scientists in China who created the world's first cloned monkeys have promised they do not plan to repeat the technique with humans.
The birth of two identical long-tailed macaques – named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua – marked the first time primates had been cloned using the same technique that created Dolly the sheep.
While the achievement was seen as a breakthrough, critics raised ethical concerns about the research and suggested it could lead to a “slippery slope” that would ultimately result in human cloning.
However, the Chinese scientists who carried out the research said their interest in cloning primates came from a strictly medical perspective.
“We have no plan to clone humans, and social ethics would by no means allow that practice,” Dr Mu-ming Poo, co-author of the macaque study, told Chinese state news outlet Xinhua.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...sts-no-plan-clone-humans-monkey-a8180866.html
