The idea of human cloning was science fiction when it was first imagined. But in the last few decades, technological and scientific advances have made this a real possibility. Although the ethics of ...

Scientists in China on Tuesday announced that they have cloned the first healthy rhesus monkey, a two-year-old named Retro, by tweaking the process that created Dolly the sheep. Primates have proved ...

Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a human being. It is currently the subject of much debate around the world, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo collage of rhesus monkeys on top of microscope photography of cells. Researchers in China have successfully cloned the first ...

This week in science: Japanese researchers find out just how many times you can clone a clone; CERN takes antimatter on a road trip for the first time; Australian scientists discover that sperm gets ...

Yes, even a scientist is entitled to the belief that human life (and the human soul) begins at conception, and that cloning is a morally reprehensible intervention in that Divine scheme. The belief in ...

Is human cloning science fiction or a near reality? In this video, we explore the current state of cloning technology, from the successes in animals to the challenges of applying it to humans.

At a press conference today (December 16), Science editor-in-chief Donald Kennedy and deputy editor for life sciences Katrina Kelner presented their side of the story in the ongoing controversy over a ...

This spring, South Korean scientists led by Hwang Woo Suk published a paper in the journal Science that showed they had used cloning techniques to create 11 embryonic stem cell lines tailored to match ...

The endangered Przewalski’s horse. Credit: Jessie Cohen, Smithsonian’s National Zoo Earlier this year, a baby Przewalski’s horse was born at the San Diego Zoo. But this foal isn’t any ordinary foal, ...