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The future of cloning

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It is now possible to make clones, or exact genetic copies, of sheep, cows, goats, mice and, probably, humans. This opens the way towards the production of replacement body parts from adult cells.

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Figure 1: Nuclear-transplantation techniques in mammals.
Figure 2: Cloned frogs.
Figure 3: Steps involved in therapeutic cloning.
Figure 4: Countries in which anti-cloning legislation has been, or will shortly be, passed.

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  2. the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK

    J. B. Gurdon

  3. PPL Therapeutics, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, EH25 9PP, UK

    Alan Colman

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