Scientists in China have successfully cloned 2 monkeys, becoming the very first primates to be cloned from a non-embryonic cell.
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai have stated the breakthrough should be of huge benefit when studying genetically uniform primates, eventually including humans.
The research underscored the focus China has been taking to remain at the cutting edge of Bioscience technology, and highlights the difficulties in ethical and moral boundaries around cloning.