http://www.metafilter.com/tags/damndirtyape Posts tagged with 'damndirtyape' at MetaFilter. Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:04:33 -0800 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:04:33 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/66615/We%2Dfinally%2Dreally%2Ddid%2Dit <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article2870675.ece?openComment=true">First cloning of monkey embryo</a> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/july-dec07/stemcells_11-15.html">raises hope of a great leap in medical science.</a> A team at the <a href="http://onprc.ohsu.edu/">Oregon National Primate Research Center</a> (itself no stranger to <a href="http://wweek.com/html2/science010301.html">controversy</a>) cloned embryos from Semos — a nine-year-old rhesus macaque named after the ape overlord in <em>Planet of the Apes</em> — then extracted stem cells from the embryos. We've heard similar claims before and they turned out to be a <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/12/science.clone/">hoax</a>. But this time it looks like the real deal. First FPP, please have mercy ... tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.66615 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:04:33 -0800 clone controversy damndirtyape embryo hope stemcell Camofrog