he normal gestation period, the mother will give birth to a baby that is the clone of the cloning subject. Even though the success rate is so low, there are many people willing to pay for this expensive procedure.
Thus far, human embryos have been cloned successfully, although the embryos did not live past a few hours. On November 28, 2001 Clonaid announced that it had successfully created cloned embryos which had made it to the six-cell stage. This announcement came one day after the Massachusetts-based firm Advanced Cell Technologies revealed their same achievement. But unlike Clonaid, who intends to use its cloned embryos for impregnation, Advanced Cell
Technologies plans to use their embryos for research into disease prevention (CNNews.com).
One of the major reasons scientists are so eager to clone humans is to aid people who have severe medical problems. By creating a "human repair kit",
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