Human Cloning: Copydog, Copycat

I've never met a human worth cloning," says cloning expert Mark Westhusin from the cramped confines of his lab at Texas A&M; University. "It's a stupid endeavor." That's an interesting choice of adjective, coming from a man who has spent millions of dollars trying to clone a 13-year-old dog named Missy. So far, he and his team have not succeeded, though they have cloned two calves and expect to clone a cat soon. They just might succeed in cloning Missy this spring--or perhaps not for another five years. It seems the reproductive system of man's best friend is one of the...

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