WATCH Chinese Scientists Show First Ever Primate Clones
Author : Sputnik | Editor : Indie | January 30, 2018 at 10:45 AM
A bold new experiment may open a new era in cloning as scientists in China have apparently succeeded in cloning primates.
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience have unveiled their latest achievement – a pair of identical long-tailed macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua which are the first primates ever to be cloned from a non-embryonic cell.
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The scientists have apparently implemented the same technique that was employed two decades ago to clone the legendary Dolly the sheep — somatic cell nuclear transfer — and their experiment may actually pave the way for cloning humans.
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