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Nature 414, 477 (29 November 2001) | doi:10.1038/35107213

First human clones get a cool response

David Adam

The announcement that researchers at a US biotech company had cloned human embryos from adult cells made headlines around the world earlier this week — and heightened the controversy surrounding 'therapeutic' cloning. But other researchers in the field question the claimed significance of the reported findings.