Scientists Claim to Clone Monkey Embryos

November 13, 2007 By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer

(AP) -- Scientists in Oregon say they've reached the long-sought goal of cloning monkey embryos and extracting stem cells from them, a potentially major step toward doing the same thing in people.

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