NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson’s disease and diabetes. A ...

A claim by a fringe religious group last month that it had created the first human baby through cloning has renewed calls for a ban on the cloning of human cells. But research advocates worry that ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists at a California company reported yesterday that they had created the first mature cloned human embryos from single skin cells taken from adults, a significant advance toward ...

New research indicates that a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta), cloned using somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), has successfully survived for over two years. The cloning of rhesus monkeys may ...

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 ...

One of North America’s most endangered species is getting a new lease on life thanks to technological innovations. This past ...

A team of researchers said Wednesday that it had produced embryonic stem cells -- a possible source of disease-fighting spare parts -- from a cloned human embryo. Scientists at the Oregon Health and ...

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

Pluripotent stem cells hold promise for transplantation therapy to treat degenerative diseases, but isolating a patient's stem cells may pose a technical limitation. In the April 27 Science, Wakayama ...

With so many animals already cloned — sheep, cows, mice, cats — what is so important about the successful cloning of a dog announced Thursday in Korea? It’s an important step because a dog’s ...

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 ...