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Article: Human cloning and the right to reproduce.
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- Albany Law Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
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INTRODUCTION
Since the birth of "Dolly the sheep" in July 1996, (1) cloning via the nuclear transfer of differentiated cells (2) has been successfully expanded to numerous and varied animal species, (3) including pigs, (4) mice, (5) goats, (6) and cows. (7) Applying cloning techniques to humans, it seems, is only a matter of time. (8) Indeed, in late November 2001, researchers at Massachusetts-based Advanced Cell Technology announced that they had used somatic cell nuclear transfer to create three human embryos. (9) Specifically, the researchers harvested human eggs from seven volunteers, removed the nucleus from each egg, and re-nucleated the eggs with cells ...