... transfer" (SCNT) where scientists excerpt genetic material out of a healthy nucleus of an adult donor cell and replace it with the DNA of the object which is to be reproduced. The newly created artificial cell is then brought to cell division through a special mix of chemicals and electric stimulation. When the cell has reached a suitable embryo ale stage it is transferred into the uterus of a female host where it develops normally until the day of birth. This type of cloning raised public interest in 1996 when Scottish scientists created the clone sheep "Dolly". Last but not least we have therapeutic cloning or "embryo cloning" which is technically the same procedure as reproductive cloning just with the difference that the embryo is not raised by a female host. Therapeutic cloning is mainly practiced in research concerning diseases of human beings that can not be healed at the moment like ...

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