Cloned monkeys spur warnings against human cloning

“Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience announced in a Jan. 24 article for the journal Cell that they produced two genetically-identical long-tailed macaque monkeys using a scientific technique known as somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT).” BPNews

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It’s a serious development but I couldn’t help but enjoy the wording of the headline… we should thank those monkeys for their spurring efforts.

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