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- Sciences > Genetics Dolly and the ban on human cloning
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Dolly, the first cloned mammal, started an international debate on whether scientists should use this new technology to clone humans or not. Today, 10 years later, some countries prohibit human cloning, others allow therapeutic cloning, while there are scientists around the world claiming that cloned humans are already born. 277 attempts were carried out to clone Dolly, using the somatic cell nuclear transfer technique. Soon, it was announced that Dolly suffered from premature aging and arthritis. Eventually Dolly died at the age of six. Cloning of other mammals show that there is a 98% fa...
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George Efstathiou
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