In November 2001, an American company announced it had cloned the first human embryo using the same technique that produced Dolly the Sheep back in 1997. The private company, Advanced Cell Technologies hopes to use the procedure to isolate stem cells and help patients with a wide range of medical problems. The human embryo cloning experiments failed to produce therapeutic stem cells because the embryos did not divide enough times. Theoretically, the cloned embryos could provide a …
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…and it also won't say where the cloning will be done other than that it will be in a U.S. state where cloning is still legal. The group wants to avoid demonstrations or possible violence by anti-cloning groups. When Clonaid announced its intentions in October 2000, Dr. Brigitte Boisselier, a representative of the group, said they expected to have the first cloned baby within 18 months, which would be some time in the spring of 2002. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------