HUMAN CLONING

ISSN 2833-0455

China has been at the forefront of human cloning research and has made significant progress in this field in recent years. However, it is important to note that human cloning is a highly controversial area of research, and many countries have banned it or placed strict limits on its use.

In 2018, a team of Chinese scientists at the Institute of Neuroscience at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai announced that they had successfully cloned two macaque monkeys using a technique called somatic cell nuclear transfer.

This was the first time that primates had been cloned using this method, which involves transferring the nucleus of a somatic cell into an enucleated egg cell.

In 2019, Chinese scientists announced that they had created five cloned geneedited macaque monkeys using the same somatic cell nuclear transfer technique. The monkeys had been genetically modified to disable a gene that is linked to sleep disorders, and the researchers stated that their work could help to develop new treatments for human sleep disorders.

In 2015, Chinese researchers at the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou published a study in which they reported successfully cloning human embryos using the somatic cell nuclear transfer technique. However, the researchers noted that the cloned embryos only survived for a few days and did not develop into fully-formed embryos.

The cloning of human embryos is highly controversial and is subject to strict ethical and legal restrictions in many countries.

While some scientists argue that human cloning could have important medical applications, others have raised concerns about the potential risks and ethical implications of this technology.