the monkeys are clones the very first successful clones of a primate researchers at the chinese academy of sciences presented them to the public this week the purpose of doing call me a monkey and use monkeys experiment to animals is really for the human health for the cure in a few men disease there are many other animal models you can use you can use mice was widely used but there has to difficulty. in using the dose animal model for human disease because mice of very far away from humans the process took over a year and one hundred twenty seven eggs almost eighty viable embryos and a bevy of host mothers to produce the two babies it's hoped the clones could be used for studying diseases like parkinson's and alzheimer's researchers say clones like these could help them glean results that would be more pertinent to humans but this breakthrough also begs another question can we clone humans and should we the burial of cloning primate species is. over call in principle any primate including humans can be called. but all purpose. is. we see no reason why. not despite the issuances it seems the debate

researchers at the chinese academy of sciences institute of neuroscience in shanghai, named the newbornsused the same technology that was used to clone dolly the sheep back in 1996. earlier our medical correspondent fergus walsh joined me to explain exactly what scientists have achieved. the same technology used in scotland back in the ‘90s more than 20 years ago to produce the world's first cloned mammal, dolly the sheep. since then we have had cloned pigs, cats, dogs, rats, mice, 23 different species, but never before a monkey. the furthest that people have got has been embryos. so this team in shanghai have managed to create the two of them, i think we can see some images of them playing in the incubator, they are now genetically identical, they are clones, and the point of it that the chinese team say they hope that by having a row of cloned monkeys they could investigate the genes that cause both animal and human diseases. and there is, though, a great deal of worry about what this might mean. there has been ever since dolly the sheep. i remember clearly covering the dolly story and

. >> reporter: at seven and weeks old, they're products of the chinese academy of sciences, the hugeoning dna from among key fetus to create the twin. controversies surrounding cloning is nothing new. folks have been debating it ever since dolly the sheep >> when it's primate >> that's the problem. since humans belong to the primate family it could be used to clone people >> i don't need to be cloned. >> reporter: these scientists say the goal is to create genetically to be used in research. >> people try to tend to push the limit. who knows what will happen >> if they can clone a heart, lung and liver i think the story line changes and people will be more accepting of it >> researcher hope the advances will be used as a way to better understand human decembers such as autism alzheimer's. people are calling it a horror show, a waste of lives, time and money. a lot of strong feelings. >> all right, nicole thanks >> kate joins us with the forecast and we saw some live shots out there and snow >> we did so he a little snow and we've been watching the system since 5:00, this little area

. >> reporter: at seven and weeks old, they're products of the chinese academy of sciences, the huge cloning dna from among key fetus to create the twin. controversies surrounding cloning is nothing new. folks have been debating it ever since dolly the sheep >> when it's primate >> that's the problem. since humans belong to the primate family it could be used to clone people >> i don't need to be cloned. >> reporter: these scientists say the goal is to create genetically to be used in research. >> people try to tend to push the limit. who knows what will happen >> if they can clone a heart, lung and liver i think the story line changes and people will be more accepting of it >> researcher hope the advances will be used as a way to better understand human decembers such as autism alzheimer's. people are calling it a horror show, a waste of lives, time and money. a lot of strong feelings. >> all right, nicole thanks >> kate joins us with the forecast and we saw some live shots out there and snow >> we did so he a little snow and we've been watching the system since 5:00, this little ar

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scientists at the chinese academy of sciences in shanghai have now cloned a primate for the very firstime. dieter egli is a researcher at columbia university. >> i'm really astonished that they were able to make this happen. >> reporter: what makes it so astonishing? >> more than 20 years, we knew that we could clone sheep and horses and cats. about the despite several attempts everybody failed when cloning monkeys. >> reporter: the chinese scientists say the goal is to create genetically identical monkeys to use in medical research, especially in the battle against alzheimer's and parkinson's, and that they have no intention of one day cloning humans. marcy darnobsky, runs the society for genetics and society in berkeley, california. >> now, more than 50 countries and 15 states in the u.s. actually have laws on the books saying that human reproductive cloning is illegal. >> reporter: the people for the ethical treatment of animals didn't waste any time condemning the development. "cloning is a horoshow," "a waste of lives, time, and money." >> glor: a fascinating debate. jim axelrod,

monkeys are clones the very first successful clones of a non-human primate researchers at the chinese academy of sciencespresented them to the public this week. and the use. is really for the human health care in a few minutes there are many other animal models who told you this was widely used by the. difficulty. in using the model for the human disease because mice far away form. the process took over a year one hundred twenty seven eggs almost eighty viable embryos and a bevy of host mothers to produce the two babies it's hoped the monkeys could be used for studying diseases like parkinson's and alzheimer's researchers say clones like these could help them glean results that would be more pertinent to humans but the breakthrough also begs another question can we clone humans and should we. the burial of primate species is well over. in principle any private human can be called but all purpose. use is purely for human benefit for medical purposes we see no reason why humans but despite the assurances it seems the debate around possible human cloning is once again on the agenda. sports news now a north

scientists at chinese academy of sciences in shanghai have now cloned a primate for the very first time. dieter eggly researcher at columbia university. >> i am astonished that they were able to make this happen. >> what makes it so astonishing? >> more than 20 years we knew you could clone, sheep, horses, cats. but despite several attempts, everybody failed. when cloning monkeys. >> the chinese scientists say the gold is to create genetically identical monkeys to use in medical research in the battle against alzheimers and park in? son and have no intention of one day cloning humans. marci darnovsky runs center for genetics and society in berkeley, california. >> more than 60 countries and 15 states in the u.s. have laws on the books. saying that human reproductive cloning is illegal. >> the people for theette ka cal treatment of animals didn't waste any time. cloning is a horror show said peta's representative, waste of time, lives and money. >> fascinating debait. >> still ahead here, cheating at a camel contest. make every day valentine's day with k-y yours and mine. blue for him. p

researchers at the chinese academy of sciences institute of neuroscience in shanghai, named the newbornsep back in 1997. writes, you have been watching coverage from us here at bbc news in london. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz shafernaker. thank you. really unpleasant day for most of us, today. there was some serious snow going on over the last few days, not in northern england only but in scotland too. storm georgina producing gusts of 100 mph in some of the hills in scotland, but even coastal areas. the radar shows how the storm is swelling around, there, but the weather front has swept across the country and brought as a spell of very heavy rain. this is what it will look like in the next few hours. towards the south, we have still got a brisk wind, and there will be showers around. still very gusty around the coast, but i think for most of us the... the worst of the weather is in scotland. we felt the strong winds even as far south as southern england. still some showers around in the wake of storm georgina, which is just around here, in the wake of storm georgina, wh