Are the First Primate Clones Just the Beginning?

More than two decades after Dolly the sheep, cloning finally passed a key milestone: The first cloned monkeys. What happens now?

By Mark Barna
Jan 1, 2019 12:00 AMMar 20, 2023 8:27 PM
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Cloned monkeys Zhong Zhong (left) and Hua Hua, at 8 and 6 weeks old, respectively. Ben Curtis/PA Images/Getty Images

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Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua have made medical history as the first cloned primates.

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