WASHINGTON (AP) _ Cloning human beings for the purpose of reproduction is medically unsafe and should be banned, a panel of the National Academy of Sciences concluded Friday. The scientific report ...

If the standard of producing no damaged, handicapped infant were the litmus test of a method of human reproduction, the species should have stopped sexual reproduction long ago, since it is the chief ...

Scientists say they have discovered a biochemical obstacle that would make the cloning of human embryos very difficult, if not impossible, using current cloning technology. The study, conducted by ...

legislatures are taking up the divisive, complex issue of whether to ban or explicitly permit the use of cloned human cells in medical research. Almost half the states are considering bills on cloning ...

WASHINGTON - Cloning humans, or any other primates, may be impossible with today's techniques because of a fundamental molecular obstacle, say scientists trying to understand why attempts to clone ...

The cloning era began when Dolly the sheep was manufactured in 1996. Dolly was cloned via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). This is accomplished by removing the nucleus from a skin or other cell ...

Nov. 5 -- Remember human cloning? Less than a year ago, the leader of a religious sect known as the Raelians claimed they had produced the first human clone and named her "Eve." Then no evidence of ...

Netflix has unveiled “King of Clones,” a sensational documentary film featuring unprecedented access to South Korean scientist Hwang Woo-suk, and set a June streaming date. From human cloning research ...

Copenhagen, Denmark: Scientists in Belgium have discovered how to clone human embryos from eggs that have been matured in the laboratory. Their discovery should make it easier for scientists to create ...

On Nov. 19, the United Nations decided to shelve efforts to obtain a global ban on all forms of human cloning. During the debate that preceded that decision, the Holy See outlined the moral and ...

Back when it was no more than a cheesy science-fiction plot device, human cloning seemed like something that would eventually be revealed to a horrified world full-blown and fully grown–a monstrous ...

WASHINGTON — Cloning human beings for the purpose of reproduction is medically unsafe and should be banned but cloning for disease research should be allowed, a panel of the National Academy of ...