Research may pave way for cloned babies

South Korean scientists have created 30 human embryo clones.

What have the Seoulresearchers done?

Professor Woo Suk Hwang and colleagues created embryos that were the exact genetic copies of the women who donated the eggs and cells to make them.They produced 30 embryo clones that divided over several days to a stage where special cells known as embryonic stem cells could be extracted.