Human embryo cloning plan sparks row

THE scientist who created Dolly the Sheep was yesterday granted a licence to clone human embryos in an attempt to find a cure for motor neurone disease.

Professor Ian Wilmut of the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh and a team from King's College, London, plan to clone embryos to study the debilitating condition.

Opponents of the controversial practice condemned the decision of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to grant only the second licence of its kind in Britain.