Pigs cloned (2000 August 17)

Pigs successfully cloned, which would help scientists develop methods on pig organs transplantation for humans.

Cloned guar dies (2000 November)

A guar named Noah was cloned in November 2000, the world's first cloned endangered species.  Noah died 48 hours after its birth due to bacterial infection.

Human cloning:

Vatican objects human cloning (2000 August 18)

Antinori and team going to attempt human cloning (2001 March 10)

Clonaid going to move grounds for human cloning research (2001 June 30)

Human beings may be easier to clone

Stem cells research

A biotech company indicated that 'they may already have cloned "embryo-like entities" in order to harvest stem cells from them' (2001 July 13)

Adult stem cells proven to be even more versatile: Bone marrow cells can become kidney cells (2001 July 25)

More uses of stem cells in tissue repair (2001 August 16)

Gene that identifies stem cells discovered (2001 August 31)

Regulations

Britain will authorize human cloning?? (2000 August 16)

The UK votes in favor of allowing the use of early human embryos for stem cell research (2000 December 20)

The UK to ban human cloning (2001 April 19)

Bush backs broad ban on human cloning, covering embryo research (2001 June 21)

The US House of Representatives voted for a total ban on human cloning (2001 August 01)

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