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Scientists Clone Monkey Embryos

Stem cells successfully extracted, raising hopes for humans

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 14, 2007 12:00 PM CST

(Newser) – Oregon scientists have successfully cloned dozens of monkey embryos and extracted stem cells from them, a long-sought breakthrough that raises hopes of doing the same in humans. After years of failure—and even fraud—scientists feared a fundamental barrier to primate cloning, the Independent reports....   Read full story »

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