The genie was let out of the bottle when "Dolly" the sheep was cloned in 1997. It was the first time that a mammal had been successfully cloned. Dolly was created from a cell from another sheeps udder.

Now reproductive biologist Gerald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has announced at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in Philadelphia that his research team has created cloned monkey embryos. It is the first documented case of a primate being cloned. At this stage none of the implanted embryos survived to the end of pregnancy but it is a significant step forward in cloning technology.

It is only a matter of time until the technology is advanced enough to successfully clone humans. Then it will not be a question of "can we" but "should we". Amongst the vast world-wide academic community there will undoubtedly some who answer "yes".

you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'

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