New Spectre of Cloned Babies: Scientists Create Embryos in Lab that ‘Could Grow to Full Term’

May 15, 2013

• Breakthrough could have major implications for stem cell treatments

• First time cloned embryos have developed enough to provide stem cells

• Raises possibility of babies being cloned in the lab by rogue scientists

The prospect of cloned babies has moved a step closer after scientists extracted stem cells from human embryos created in a laboratory.

The breakthrough could lead to customised cells to help treat and even cure a range of diseases, from Alzheimer’s to multiple sclerosis.

However, it also raises the spectre of babies being cloned in laboratories. This could allow couples who lose a child to pay for the creation of a ‘duplicate’.

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Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2324970/New-spectre-cloned-babies-Scientists-create-embryos-lab-grow-term.html