Two groups at Harvard University announced on Tuesday that they have received approval to start human-cloning research aimed at creating lines of embryonic stem cells to study and treat diseases. “We ...

Researchers in China have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species widely used in medical research because of its physiological similarity to humans. The monkey, named Retro, is now more ...

A cloning experiment may show that the body itself has the ability to reverse cancer, U.S.-based researchers said Saturday. They cloned mouse embryos from a melanoma skin cancer cell, and created ...

A recent experiment cloning human embryos for potential stem cell use did little to advance a medical breakthrough and violated human life, Catholic experts said in reaction to the news. “The ...

In 1999, when our laboratory announced the cloning of Galileo (a bull obtained from blood cells 2) we were charged with a criminal offence 3, a verdict that was overturned six months later by a High ...

Only a handful of laboratories around the world are pursuing human-cloning experiments. Researchers at Harvard are now trying to get approval from university and hospital review boards to start their ...

Cloning is a controversial new technology that shows the promise of curing deadly diseases. Brought to the forefront by the Raelian group, the innovation also creates questions and doubts, such as ...

Michael Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine. Ever since scientists in the 1970s first began cloning experiments on simple organisms, ethicists and lawmakers have been wringing their hands in ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A cow implanted with cells taken from a cloned embryo didn't reject the tis-sue, showing the potential of much-debated therapeutic cloning, researchers say. Cloning technology is ...

I don’t care how you prune your tomato plants. But if you prune them, the suckers present an interesting opportunity. New plants. One more weird thing about tomato plants is that they can create ...

Iranian doctors have overseen the country's first animal cloning — a lamb that died minutes after birth — and plan future experiments in genetics and stem cell research, a member of the team said ...