Cloned human embryos have been created from a male adult's skin cells for the first time using the same approach that led to the birth of Dolly the cloned sheep, a Californian company announced yesterday. The five embryos did not develop beyond an early stage and the scientists were unable to extract embryonic stem cells from the clones, which would have been critical for research into many serious human diseases. It is not the first time that scientists have created cloned human embryos but it is the first time that it has been done by fusing a woman's unfertilised egg with the genetic material of an adult man's skin cells.
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First cloned embryo of adult human created - The Independent 18th January 2008
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