Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua have made medical history as the first cloned primates.
Are the First Primate Clones Just the Beginning?
More than two decades after Dolly the sheep, cloning finally passed a key milestone: The first cloned monkeys. What happens now?
By Mark Barna
Jan 1, 2019 12:00 AMMar 20, 2023 8:27 PM
Cloned monkeys Zhong Zhong (left) and Hua Hua, at 8 and 6 weeks old, respectively. Ben Curtis/PA Images/Getty Images
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