Clones could have long-term health problems
Cloned animals could suffer from serious genetic defects, according to a paper published in the Lancet. The authors report that a calf cloned from an adult cell may have died because of errors in its genetic reprogramming. Although there have been many reports of clones dying during or shortly after...
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Is human cloning unsafe or unethical?
by Juliet Tizzard
This week's BioNews includes news from France that nuclear transfer technology may cause long-term health problems in the resulting clones. A team of scientists led by Jean-Paul Renard reported in the Lancet that a cloned calf, born after nuclear transfer from an adult skin cell, died of sudden anaemia seven...