Scientists Simply Clone Monkeys: Are Humans Up Next?

In the Associated Press article “Scientists successfully clone monkeys; are humans up next?” Malcolm Ritter, a science reporter from New York City states that, researchers have successfully cloned two female macaques by using the same methods used to produce Dolly the sheep. This is a huge breakthrough because there has never been a successful clone produced from the primate family, which includes monkeys, apes, and humans. Furthermore, Muming Poo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai stated that “the feat means humans can be cloned.” But that is not the desired intention; cloning of babies if fairly frowned upon by society. The overall process is still under modification because it took 127 eggs to get the two monkeys that they have now. This was successful because they removed the DNA containing nucleus from monkey eggs and replaced it with DNA from the monkey fetus. A total of 79 embryos were implanted with only the two successful clones. In addition, cloning of the two macaques was …show more content…
Other people from different science practices and social groups had their own thoughts on the possibility of cloning humans. Henry Greely a Stanford University Law professor believes that the strongest argument for approval of human cloning would be that of a family who has just lost a child, they would be able to clone that child who has passed but does not feel that it is a strong enough theory to make the cloning acceptable for society at this time especially considering the cost. Lastly, PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo considers the cloning as ‘A Horror Show: a waste of time and money and the suffering that such experiments cause is