FIRST-PERSON: It may be ‘therapeutic cloning,’ but it’s fraught with dangers
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. (BP)--On Sunday, Nov. 25, Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) in Worcester, Mass., announced it had produced several human embryos through cloning. The cloning technique involved the transfer of nuclear material from an existing person to donated human egg cells whose nuclear material had been removed. All of the embryos died before growing beyond the six-cell stage.